My husband’s family seems to always be cooking up something new and crazy, which is why, for the longest time, I didn’t really think this Highland Games thing was serious business. Then came the promotional videos on Facebook, the cans of haggis on my in-laws’ steps, the obsession over picking a tartan… And before …
Father’s Day 2013
My dad and me on my wedding day Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see ANY of my fathers yesterday in person–not my dad, my stepdad, or my dad-in-law. But I’m sure grateful for all of them, just the same. I’ve decided that the role of all my fathers has been this: to lavish me with …
A Family-Filled Weekend
When I was a teenager, I felt like I hardly ever spent weekends with my family–my independent teenage self craved time with my close girl friends, in which we’d plot ways to sneakily happen to “bump into” our latest crushes. Since getting married though, it seems like my bond with my family has multipled a hundredfold, …
A “Hoot”enanny Halloween Party
Each year, my mom puts on the party of the year right before Halloween, each with a different spooky theme. This year’s theme? Owls. How cute is that? And how awesome are these cupcakes?! Amazing. We started off the festivities by making owl decorations out of cupcake liners and toilet paper rolls (and by we, I mean the …
This Is What Turning 26 Looks Like
Turning 26 looks like: *Trying out a new-to-us Mexican restaurant when my sister and brother-in-law come into town *Getting new white USU shirts to show our Aggie pride *Watching our beloved Aggies stomp UNLV *Spending time with the man I love (who got me that new season of Big Bang Theory I’ve been just dying …
The Most Unsafe Park in the World
Welcome to Marble Park in Tremonton, Utah–the least kid-safe park in the entire world. But with that said, it might just be the coolest park I’ve ever been to. See that horse sculpture on the left? Looks lovely and relatively harmless, right? Well, as you can probably already tell from the photo on the right, …