Evan's 30th Birthday

Last night Evan turned 30!!! We kept giving him a hard time but he took it pretty well :) Nicole had him close his eyes in the car all the way from their house to Herriman, and then up until we walked into Famous Daves. We kept trying to throw Evan off so he wouldn't know where we were... he kept trying to guess! At first Nicole was like "we're goin to Vegas!" and he didn't really believe us, so she was like "Okay fiiiine.. I wasn't gonna tell you, but we're going to APX to eat at the cafe." Haha but once we walked into Famous Daves, Evan was a happy guy.

After dinner, we headed back to Herriman for delicious cake. Look how beautiful Nicole's creation was! Such a fun night! (and I still can't believe Evan is actually 30!)

Smallest Strawberry Smoothies

This weekend went by way too fast! Trevor and I both had to work on Saturday so we felt a little robbed of our days off. We had fun Saturday night though-- Steph, Rick and Oakley came over to hang out (Oakley and I spent the majority of the time going through my princess stuff.. I swear I need a little girl to play with everything, it's a good thing I have her to keep me occupied for now). After a little while, we met Evan and Nicole at Macaroni Grill.

We got served these mini strawberry smoothies while we waited-- aren't they so cute?

We all had fun drawing on the table while Evan wow-ed all of us with his magic trick. We all tried to do it too and then realized his knife had a magnet in it!

Good food, good company, good times :)

New Years Eve

We had a family get together for New Years Eve at Trevor's parent's house. It was very chill, which was good for us. We had lots of finger foods the whole night-- including the famous Sanford delicious mini cheesecakes (Steph, Nico and I made them together this year).

On the way up, we stopped at a grocery store to get some Martinelli's and all the shelves were literally empty of it! (and of course there was tons of alcohol available, haha gotta love Utah) Good thing Trevor's parents already got some Martinelli's, and we ended up getting a knock off brand that turned out good (Peach and Strawberry flavored.. mmm)

Oakley got a bunch of princess dresses for Christmas so a lot of the night was her wanting to change into different ones to show us. When we first got there, she was in a Snow White dress and I said "Ooooh hi Snow White!" and she gave me the biggest smile I've ever seen :)



Oaks also got a princess castle.. Nico and I oooh-ed and aww-ed over it, and later we caught Trevor playing with it! I think he needs a little girl of his own :)

We all played the game Quelf-- it's the most random, funny game-- we loved it! (For example, Nico drew a card at the beginning of the game that said she had to put her thumb on her forehead and wink every time she asked a question the entire time. The whole game is random stuff like that)

Sanford Thanksgiving

Since we were with my family on Thanksgiving (and Steph and Rick were with Rick's fam), Trevor's parents had us all over on Saturday for a Thanksgiving Feast. Two Thanksgiving dinners in one week was amazing! SO much food!
Momma Sanford made a perfect dinner, but the best dish was the candied yams-- that was my favorite part of the meal!

After the wonderful lunch/dinner, we watched the BYU vs. Utah football game. I fell asleep cuddling with Trevor and got woken up by everyone screaming at the TV many times :) I also got woken up by Miss Oakley a bajillion times.. it's a good thing I love her so much. She kept coming up to me and when she saw my eyes closed, she'd be like "CINA!! WAKE UP!" Haha oh goodness.

Oakley also made a few entrances to get our attention during the game (including dressing up as a pretty princess pageant girl and having Nicole push her around so she could wave to 'her people').



The boys put up Christmas lights on the tree, we ate homemade Pumpkin Pie and just enjoyed each other's company the whole night :)

Pizza Pie

We were so excited when we heard the owners of Craigos (famous BYU-I restaurant/hang out place) were putting a restaurant in Provo-- Pizza Pie Cafe! We went there for lunch and discovered it wasn't really anything like Craigos, but it was a buffet which is always fun! They do have the original pizza bombs that you can still order separately though.
My favorite pizza slice there was the "spud-a-licious".. it had thin slices of potato, cheese and bacon bits. I know it sounds weird but it was delicious! Favorite dessert pizza slice for me: cookie dough, for Trevor: peach cobbler pizza pie :)
Once Trevor got off work, we headed up to Herriman to hang out with the fam some more. Before we made it to his parent's house, we stopped by the vet just down the street from their place. We took Max just to get his nails cut and his bum taken care of, but he was SO scared. He was shaking and whimpering in my arms. I seriously felt like he was my little baby, I almost didn't want to hand him off to the groomer lady. I love my little pup!
We always love going to Trevor's parent's house, it's our comfort place to hang out at. It's fun that Steph and Rick are living there right now too cuz we get to see everyone at the same time. We had a relaxing night just being with each other.. exactly what we wanted :)
Trevor took our new duvet cover up to iron while we were hanging out (we kinda haven't gotten an iron yet.. we usually just throw our clothes in the dryer if they're wrinkly). Look how cute he is!
We watched Cinderella and talked while Rick did his gorilla act--Oakley absolutely loved it!
Oaks went from watching Cinderella and showing us her princess dolls to gearing up in her cowgirl outfit and "shooting" us. She's so funny. She's definitely not gonna have a problem having a little sister OR brother.. either one and she'll be ready to play :)

Squaw Peak

We drove up to Squaw Peak with Steph and Rick + some fellow Collections friends so we could do a little off-roading (Although Trevor failed to mention we'd be doing that, he just told me we were going to look at the pretty scenery). We didn't do anything too crazy, but we had fun driving through the bumpy roads and mud puddles. Every time I looked over at Oakley when we went over a big bump, her eyes were so wide (mine probably were too).
We actually did pull off to the side of the road to look at the scenery after awhile-- and it was gorgeous! The fall colors were amazing up there.

Lake Powell

We've started a yearly tradition to go to Lake Powell every September (last year was the first). Everyone is back in school so it's not crowded and the weather is perfect. Nicole's uncle has a boat and is so nice to take us around so we can play :)

We had so much fun just being on the boat and enjoying the ride!

We camped there for the weekend and we had fun sharing a huge tent :) It was like a big sleepover party, we stayed up and talked for hours. Of course we had to have junk food too!

We had delicious camping food the whole time: tin foil dinners, eggs, sausage & scones for breakfast, and s'mores for dessert, naturally.

The first day we were out on the boat, we found this cave-- it was amazing! At first everyone got out and left me and Steph to make sure the boat didn't hit the sides of the cave.. we were so scared! We were in this tiny little crevice and we had to keep running to both sides to push off the rock wall. We screamed "HELP US!!" and the boys just laughed and eventually came back so we could go look at the beauty.Nico was so scared to get in the water and try surfing, but she totally got up on her first try!

Trevor was a stud out there too :)

Everyone had to convince me to try surfing.. Nico made me promise that if she tried it, I had to too. It was really fun for the 2 seconds I was up, haha.

Nicole grew up always going out on the boat so she's pretty much a pro. It was fun to watch her with all the different toys though cuz she makes everything look so flawless!

The second day on the water was our tubing day. I loved it!! Doug (Nicole's uncle) was trying to dump us after we'd been on for awhile, but we held on so tight-- it was insane. We seriously got so much air, it was awesome! Definitely felt the whiplash after though..

Last but not least on our trip was cliff jumping! Nicole, Nico, Steph & Trevor were the brave ones who jumped. Trevor jumped from an insanely high one (I wish I had a picture to show how high he really was). The girls jumped ANTM style!

We had so much fun the whole weekend and already can't wait for next year!