Dave's Birthday

This year Dave's birthday fell on Sunday. We had dinner at his parent's house with the family on that day, so Dave and I celebrated a different day. On Tuesday, we went to Rodizio Grill for lunch. Dave says it is more authentic than Tucanos, but is still very Americanized. It was a pretty low key day, but we just spent it as a family and was great because neither one of us had to work. Happy Birthday Dave! How I love this man!

September Temple Trip

This month we were planning on going to the Temple on Tuesday since we both have the day off, but Dave's little sister Amber went through for the first time yesterday, so we attended the session that she was in. It was a really good session and good to be there with family. Nate & Kristy and Dave's mom were the only ones to make it since Jon & Triston's twins are only two weeks old! We didn't have a treat this time since it was morning. We picked Tanner up at my parent's house, and then ran errands and other things for the day. Congrats Amber!

"Drive In Movie Night"

This date didn't turn out quite like I had planned. We were going to make boxes into cars and have a "drive in movie night". But I wasn't feeling well, and Dave was tired from a long week at work. So instead, we put in a movie and cuddled on the couch. i guess we could just pretend we had a couch in the back of a truck at a drive in or something right? ;) It was still good to just veg and be together.

"I Love You With All Of My Senses" Anniversary Date

Our 4th Anniversary was on Tuesday, September 7th. Unfortunately my work conference was held on the 9th, and I had to spend the entire day on the 7th working and getting ready for it. The conference was up at The Canyons Resort, so we decided to stay up there a couple of days after it was over to celebrate a little bit late. It was great once the conference was finally over and we were able to relax a little bit. It was not so great that Tanner hated the pack & play and didn't sleep very well. It was also not so great that it seemed we were all starting to get sick.

Even with all of that, I was still able to make the weekend a little special by doing my "I Love You With All Of My Senses" date:

Smell: "You always smell so dang good!" (Attached to a scentsy candle to freshen our room.)

Taste: "My first taste of forever was when I married you!" (Attached to sparkling grape juice & glasses.)

Touch: "I melt everytime you touch me!" (Attached to some lotion.)

Sight: "It was love at first sight!" (Attached to some red frillies.)

Sound: "I love picking up the phone to hear the sound of your voice!" (Attached to a cd.)

All of these were inside a red gift bag with black tissue paper and the "I Love You With All Of My Senses" tag on the outside. Sorry if it's a little cheesy for anyone, but I had fun! (I didn't get any pictures of the tags attached to the items, but here are the pics of the tags:)

We came home on Saturday afternoon and that night we went to the Colors concert at the Sandy City Amphitheather, where I forgot to take my camera. It was a fun evening since Colors is such a special part of our dating/wedding memories!

"The Newly Wed Game"

This week we played a newly wed game of sorts. We each got the list of questions a few days before so we could think about what we were going to say. On the day, we interviewed each other using our video camera. We figure it might be fun to have someday and we will probably put it in the time capsule we are working on. Here are the questions we each answered:

What was your hometown like?
How well did you get along with your siblings/parents/teachers?
If you could re-do anything from the past, what would it be?
What were you like in grade school, junior high, and high school?
What are some of your happiest memories from your childhood?
List four dreams (two fun and two practical).
List two fears.
What are two of your favorite breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, and snacks?
Name three hobbies.
How did you meet mom/dad?
Name three of your favorite traits of mom/dad.
List two of your favorite traits of each child or your favorite memory of each child.
What is the craziest thing you have ever done?
What is your favorite color, book, animal, and movie?
What is your happiest memory?
What was college like?
List three pieces of advise.
Anything else?

It was fun to hear how similar some of our answers were! We sure think alike these days! It was also a fun way to tell Dave that I am pregnant! I took the opportunity to ask him the "anything else" question of "How do you feel about adding another baby to our family in May?" He was pretty excited!