Happy birthday to us!

Our birthdays are just a few days apart, mine on May 31 and Dallin's on the 3rd.
It's fun to have them so close. :) Here's some pictures from the festivities. 

German chocolate cake... mmmmm. :)

I got an iPhone! It is pretty dang sweet! Of course, any phone is sweet in comparison with my old phone... :) It's been fun playing around with different apps and I love having a decent camera with me all the time. 

This is kind of a funny story. I briefly mentioned in passing several weeks ago this cute bike I had seen at Walmart. My wonderful husband took note and decided to get it for me for my birthday. Unfortunately, I didn't describe it very clearly (I wasn't thinking that he was going to get it or else I would have been more thorough :P) and this is the bike that he thought fit my description the best. It's kind of hard to tell in this picture, but it is quite a bit too small for me... haha. :) Wasn't that sweet of him though? He managed to buy it and stash it away without me knowing, and then got up in the middle of the night to put it in the dining room so I would see it when I got up. He is pretty much THE best. :) I was pretty sad when we returned it but it was way too small for me. 

Originally we were going to make pizza margherita for my birthday dinner, but we ended up going out too dinner with Dallin's parents so we made it the next night. It still tasted heavenly. Definitely my favorite... although I think I've made that pretty clear. ;) I think I take a picture every singe time and end up posting it on my blog or facebook since it is just so beautiful. Yes, I am obsessed. 

Being Mormon, turning 21 isn't as "exciting" as it would be if I drank. I am completely and totally okay with that, but I found it hilarious that this is the most exciting milestone I reached. 

I get to have a HORIZONTAL driver's licence? Thrilling! :)

I got Dallin the Millennium Falcon Lego set. Yes, I am the coolest wife ever. 

I really, really love this guy, mountain man beard and all. :)

Birthday dinner. :)

Well, that's about it. Happy birthday to us! :)

As of late

We really, really like pizza margherita. It's become a weekly meal. :)

My tomatoes! :)

Star Wars pancakes taste even better than boring round ones. ;)

At the Mesa Temple. :)

We got to go to a Diamondbacks game as kind of an early birthday celebration for the two of us. We won... yay! :)

Chelsey was there too and it was awesome to see her!

Buckskin Gulch!

This past Friday and Saturday we hiked down Buckskin Gulch and the upper section of Paria Canyon with some of our friends. It was 20-something miles of awesome, and I took a LOT of pictures! We probably could have arrived at our campsite at least an hour earlier on Friday afternoon if I hadn't stopped every 5 feet (okay... maybe that is a slight exaggeration :P) to take a picture during the 14 miles we hiked the first day. ;) Here's just a few of my favorites.

One of my very favorites. Isn't it gorgeous in there? 

Also my favorite... ;)

Dinner at our camp!

Hiking out Paria the next morning. Isn't this formation crazy? I'm glad I wasn't around when this fell!

We made it! :)

We stopped by Horseshoe Bend on the way home. 

This weekend's adventures

To start off the weekend, Dallin got up early on Saturday morning and surprised

 me with a delicious omelet for breakfast. :) Yep, I am spoiled. It was so good! 

See the green onion heart? I'm SURE he did that on purpose... :P

Some of the adorable nieces and nephews I gained when we got married came up on Saturday. It was fun to see them! We went to a wildlife fair at the park with the crew. Cy liked watching this snake shed it's skin.

I like his face.

We also hiked Christopher Creek on Saturday. It was beautiful weather and such a pretty canyon. :)

A little slide 

Ryan and Dallin being manly

We were starving afterward so we went and got an Alfonso's burrito to share.
Yes, that is one burrito... isn't it huge?!

I bought myself a cute little tomato plant! 

I also FINALLY got some basil! I love being able to pick fresh basil from my own plants. And it smells SO good. 

I got to use some of my basil for the pizza margherita that we made

 yesterday for Dallin's parents to celebrate Mother's Day! Yum. :)

Look at this sweet present my husband got me for Mother's Day! It's a Lladró figurine. :) 

It's not a great picture but that's the best I could do. It looks so much prettier in real life!

If you don't know what Lladró is (I didn't until I was dating Dallin), it's a Spanish company that makes these beautiful porcelain figurines. Dallin brought some back from Spain, which is where he served his mission. We found this one at a thrift store for MUCH less than they usually cost and he tricked me into thinking it was for his mom. It worked... I was very pleasantly surprised when he gave it to me. :)

Also, speaking of Mother's Day presents, one of the perks of being married is getting a share of the treats they pass out to the mothers (or future mothers) in the ward. ;) Cha-ching!

(P.S. I am not pregnant... :P)

Well, that's pretty much it... have a lovely day! :)