Our Anniversary

I realized that I never posted about what we did for our actual 5th Anniversary.  It was pretty low key for us this year.  We just stayed home, made one of our favorite dishes (Shrimp Alfredo with broccoli and mushrooms) and drank some of the grape juice we bottled earlier this summer. 

That's what I get for washing my windows

Someday soon I'll have to worry about little finger prints on the inside of my window, but today all I've got is lizard prints on the outside:)

My Last Hoorah

I've been wanting to go on a small trip before I have this baby and don't ever get to go anywhere just me and Logan for a while.  We decided to go on a little road trip to Cascade Falls up by Navajo Lake and then we drove back on some back road to East Zion.

 It was really fun.  Logan packed us a picnic of some of my favorite things like homemade chicken salad, Cheetos puffs, Sprite, and Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies.  Logan is so sweet.  We left about 11 and ate when we got to the trail head.  Then we went on the short hike and it was really fun.

Then we drove for a long time and planned all the cool hikes we are going to go on when I'm not pregnant anymore.  We drove through Zion and talked about how it is one of our favorite places and how sad it is that there are so many hikes there we have never done. 

And Logan even found his new favorite kind of tree on the way home:)

Pepsi Vs. Diet Pepsi. Can You Taste The NutraSweet?

I forgot to mention this really funny story that happened over the 24th of July.  Sydney's Mom (Mama Holm) won't eat anything low fat, light, and especially sugar free.  She says and I quote, "It taste like NutraSweet, It burns the throat".  This happens to be one of my all time favorite Mama Holm quotes, of which there are a few, but I will not disclose them all.  At any rate, I have had this Idea in my head to see if she really could "Taste the NutraSweet."  You see Mama Holm is an avid Pepsi drinker and she will only drink regular Pepsi, it must be from the can, because plastic tastes bad and aluminum tastes better.  So while we were patiently waiting to watch the fireworks hours later we went to "The Sunny" and purchased one can of regular Pepsi and one can of Diet Pepsi, we wanted to do Pepsi Max but "The Sunny" didn't sell it and besides, it was really a battle with the NutraSweet riddled Diet Pepsi.

The 1st Test.

Pepsi vs. Pepsi.

I knew that if we told her there was going to be one diet and one regular she would find one,whether it was there or not.  You see, I think this "Burns the Throat" is all in her head.  So we opened up both cans so as to let her hear the sound of two cans cracking open and poured two identical glasses, both were filled with good old fashioned high fructose corn syrup regular Pepsi.  She didn't disappoint and actually she didn't like either of them particularly well.  She even stuck her tongue out at one of the glasses, then she made her choice on the other glass as being the diet, it made no sense, but my theory was upheld. She found a gross one.

The 2nd Test.

Pepsi vs. Diet Pepsi.

I thought to myself that was kind of mean psyching her out like that so I did a real test.  I think she must have thought I put diet in both this time around, because they were both still gross.  She first tried the diet and said, "Oh! this one is terrible!" then she tried the regular and said, "Oh! this one is worse! This is the Diet." I told her that she was wrong and apparently likes diet more than regular and strangely finds them both objectionable.  She didn't see the light from this test, because she still drinks her gross tasting regular Pepsi religiously.

The 3rd Test

Sydney vs. Pepsi

We gave Sydney the real test and she couldn't find the difference, and didn't like either one.

The 4th Test

Logan vs. Pepsi

Sydney gave me a taste test.  You see, on occasion I will drink a soda, and one of my favorites is Dr. Pepper.   There is a draw back though, when you don't drink sugary drinks they make my throat feel gross and coated.  That is why I prefer the Diet Dr. Pepper.  Same great taste, fewer calories and no gross throat.  There is a slight bitter after taste, but the pros out way the cons.  Knowing this about Dr. Pepper, I applied the same principles to the Pepsi. I found that one coated my throat and one did not, but had a slight bitter after taste.  I told Sydney my choice for Diet and I was right.

The moral of this story is that Tastes Tests are a fun way to spend a lazy 24th of July afternoon, and all you heavy Pepsi drinkers out there, don't dis on the diet apparently if you drink a lot of soda you can't tell the difference. 

P.s. I can't however tell the difference between real coke and cheap coke, my mother proved that to me years ago, but I think they're both gross.

#5

First let me open by saying that 5th Anniversaries are for old people:)

Now let's talk about how we have celebrated the last 4, shall we?

Wedding Day doesn't really count as an Anniversary, but we obviously celebrated that with a wedding and a trip to Las Vegas.  Basically the two things that stand out to me the most about our wedding day is being really really happy, and extremely hungry.  Nobody ever thinks about feeding the Bride and Groom:)

#1 was on a Sunday so we cooked dinner at home.  We ate the top of our wedding cake and then went for a walk down by the Virgin River.  Since our wedding we had accomplished a few things.  Logan had graduated from SUU with an engineering degree.  He got a job in St. George and we had moved from our 1 bedroom basement apartment to a very sunny and happy 2 bedroom on the East side of St. George. He'd taken me on my first rafting trip, I was working at Malibu cleaners and had just started school at Dixie.  We were feeling pretty optimistic about the future.

#2 we road tripped to Colorado (so Logan could shop for his upcoming rafting trip).  We went to Arches National Park, Mesa Verde National Park, spent time in Durango and drove through some crazy mountain passes.  I think our actual anniversary was in Grand Junction (probably the most boring day of our trip, haha). Since our first anniversary I had started the Elementary Education Program at Dixie.  Logan was working hard at the St. George airport for insane hours.  I'd been on another rafting trip, but this one resulted in what I consider a near death experience:)  Good times!

#3 We celebrated with another large scale road trip.  This time we went up and visited Lucas and Shellie in Rock Springs and then went up to spend a few days in Yellowstone National Park.  This was before our actual anniversary since I was beginning to student teach in mid-August.  Since our last anniversary, Logan had rafted the Grand Canyon and we hadn't seen each other for two weeks and only talked on the phone once.  While he was gone my mom and I had went to Hawaii. 

#4 This year we celebrated by going for a hike in Zion and eating a Cuban sandwich at The Flying Monkey in Springdale (sadly we don't have a picture with both of us in it).  This had been a very eventful year for us.  I'd started and finished student teaching and graduated.  I'd wrecked my car while Logan was working out of town, and we had moved into this house.  We'd spent the year painting and settling in here. 

#5 is today.  A lot has happened in the last year.  We have still been slowly changing the house.  We realized that everything doesn't always go according to our original "5 year plan" but usually ends up being better than the plan.  Basically we did follow the plan, we're just not as wildly successful and rich as we had originally thought:)  We're still together and happy, we have a house, 2 bachelor's degrees and a baby coming.  I think we've got it pretty good.  And as weird as it is that we have been married for 5 years (hello!  We're so OLD!) I've never regretted it and I know that everything the future holds for us will be even better!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LOGAN!