Firsts.......

Okay, well I am lying here in bed while John is reading his book trying to figure out what to blog about. I started going through my pictures that I just uploaded from our new camera that we always forget to take with us. And wouldn't you know it I found three different FIRST for the two of us together. So, here it goes I am kinda tired so if none of this makes sense please don't judge. ;) 

Okay, so first off this year we had our very first 4th of July together! For the day we went to Grantsville to help out with some parade stuff. (My basketball girls were driving around selling drinks so we were there just in case they needed us) The parade was also a first for us but for the sake of time and the fact that they happened the same day I am just going to say that it is one first not two. So we were sitting along the parade route just waiting for things to get going and it started to get windy and rainy and I was super upset because I had straightened my hair for the day (for those of you who know my hair, know that when it gets wet i look like a lion or something crazy) so John decided to be nice and let me wear his BYU hat! and let me tell you I am definitely not a hat kinda girl, they just don't look good on me! During the parade there were a ton of floats and little things put together by local organizations, (all-star teams, bands, libraries, stores) one float had people throwing candy and one guy looked right at John and threw him a piece of candy as he yelled go BYU (John was wearing a BYU shirt) needless to say John was super excited. After that is when he started acting like a little kid during Christmas. You see John LOVES cars, when i say loves its more of an obsession. So i guess its a tradition out here in Grantsville to have a car show but there were tons of cars and John had me taking pictures of all of them!! He was so excited! After the parade they had all the cars parked in the grass at the High School and again John had me take pictures of practically every one, including engines! After that we went and help supervise a little blow up basketball thing that my girls were doing to earn money, then went home and had dinner with John's parents and Grandpa! It was definitely a great first of many Independence Day's!!!

So John decided that he wants to do his own post one of these times so I am going to let him post about all the cars!!

Yes I know I look fantastic!!!

John's got his "Blue Steel" face going on!!

The next first is, a concert. My dad won tickets to the Pioneer Day celebration concert that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir did so he took John and I, and my little sister Megan. It was so great we got some pretty sweet seats. (well they were on the highest balcony but they were front row!!!) But they didn't have enough leg space for dad so Megan and him sat in the row behind us. Before I get to the concert I have to say that we sat next to the best people....the guy next to John thought that he was the conductor the whole time and was waving his had with the music in a motion like he knew what he was doing. And the girl I was sitting nest to was a complete know it all. she was talking to her mom or some lady I hope it was her mom because I know if some random girl was talking to me I would have gone crazy. anyway this girl thought that she knew everything about the concert and the people singing and the orchestra and the building and.....well you know everything. It was driving me nuts but what really got me was during a few of the songs she starts singing like she knows what she is doing and it sounded awful (okay, that is a little harsh she didn't sound bad it just overpowered the singer so i couldn't here what it was supposed to sound like!!) But I was not angry at these people or begrudging I just found it funny the way people act in public. Anyways back to the FIRST, the concert was great the whole thing was a tribute to the troops and they had some video of so veterans talking and telling their stories and I found it absolutely wonderful. I even got a little teary!! After the concert Dad took us to get ice cream and we were so excited to go to Leatherby's. When we got there we waited in line for a little bit and then got seated it was so hot in there and so busy. We waited 20 minutes before we even got water and then another half hour till someone came to take our order and when the ice cream came out mine tasted old and freezer burned. But in this period of time there were probably three or four tables that got up and left or who didn't like their food and left. it was really sad. :( But no matter how much things didn't seem to go right that night I thought it was great. I enjoyed spending some time with my Dad, Megan, and John!! I am so lucky I have a great family!! 

Someone wouldn't take a serious picture with me!!

Dad and Megan before the concert!

Dad and his girls after the concert!!!!

Me and John after the concert don't you love payback!!

(I will show you a not serious face!!)

Dad and Megan after!!!

Okay, so for the last first this was probably the most fun for me!! I decided that I was sick of being blonde. Don't ask me why I just go through phases where I need to change something and I was feeling like it was my hairs turn!!! (It is almost always my hairs turn) Anyways, I asked John if we could color my hair for family night a couple of weeks ago and he was all for it. So after he got home from work we cleaned off one of our counters and got into grungy clothes. I mixed up the first bottle and was just gonna have John point to hair where I might have missed a spot, but no John was so excited that he took the bottle away from me and started squirting and rubbing it into my hair. Don't worry he did let me help squish it around. But we got through the first layer or so with only a little bit of dye on the back of my neck. When we got to the upper layers around my face is when the fun really started!! So, while John was squirting I was trying to run it into my scalp to get all of the hair but John didn't like that to much. He wanted to do it all by himself which turned into both of our hands rubbing my head and his slowly moving down to my forehead. I was a mess and he  just kept going because he was determined to make sure that he didn't miss a single hair. Well this went on for a little bit but he kept getting in the way of my hands or if you ask him I was getting in the way. So I stopped trying to help and just let him do his thing. But nope he was still making a mess. I guess with the gloves he was wearing he couldn't really feel where he was getting so he moved down to my forehead even more and by the time we were done I had dye covering my forehead, on my eyebrow (not the whole thing just a line) down my arms on my ears and covering the back of my neck. it was great!!! LOL But we got it all situated on top of my head and waited and then I showered and when I was done it was a lot darker then I was hoping but it turned out really good and has faded a little to a better color then black!! ( I am super bummed we didn't get any pictures during the process but we got an after shot!!) 

It looks a little red in this picture!!

Well needless to say these last few months have been amazing and I am enjoying life and the wonderful adventures that come from being married!! I can't wait for more!! Life is great and I have an amazing husband!!!