Anniversary Number Two

I am so excited to be celebrating the completion of our 2nd year together as Husband and Wife. I am one of the luckiest people in the world to have found such an amazing man to share my life with. He is not only one of the funniest most charming people I know, but he is also the most amazing and wonderful provider. He goes to so many lengths to take care of me that I am just in awe of this man. I am so glad to be spending eternity with him.
There is no other way to describe my feelings for him other than the purest love anyone can imagine. Being married is really hard but also the most rewarding thing in my life so far. AJ and I don't always agree on everything, and we don't always get along, but I think that makes us stronger. I've learned so much from him and it has truly changed the person that I am for the better.
Two years ago tomorrow I pledged my whole self to this man, and I have no regrets. I used to think all the time about what life would have been like if I had ended up with someone else, and I can honestly say that I don't think anyone would have made me as happy as I am now. Life is wonderful, and I wouldn't trade him for anyone in the world. (Not even Bruce Wayne, my first love.)
Two years down, eternity to go. I love you AJ.

once again

Life just seems to be getting away from me so here's three more

7-a deceased person you admire
For those of you familiar with the Bible, I chose Queen Esther. What a strong woman! Willing to risk her life for what she believed in. I only hope that in a similar situation I would be strong enough to open my mouth, even if I'm afraid of what might happen if I do.


8-the best advice your dad ever gave you.
This is hard because I'll admit that I don't usually go to my dad for advice. The best thing I can think of is any advice he's given me about my husband is usually great advice.

9-Your biggest fear
I have a lot of fears. Mostly of being not enough. Like not being good enough for AJ, for not being religious enough. You know... the regular worries of a perfectionist

life gets to be so busy

Life has suddenly become a little crazy for us Sovine's. Hence why these will almost all be a few at once I think.

4- your favorite person to be around.
Well I'm going to go ahead and say that AJ is my favorite person. But I love him so I am pretty biased. All that aside though, AJ is really cool! He loves some funny things, but they only make me love him that much more. He is always so much fun (even when he's being annoying), and almost always is really cute and affectionate... at least at home.
Other than that... I'm calling it a tie between all of our family. Family is #1 in my book and I feel very fortunate to be so close to all 3 of our families. Not just in the # of miles either, but I feel like we can go to family for anything. We have the greatest support system ever. Special props to my 3 moms. All are so similar, and yet so different, with different skills that I hope to pick up on.

5-your most dreaded household chore
Dishes.
I hate dishes.
They smell.
They are never ending.
They are icky.
I hate dishes

6-create your life soundtrack
the only song i will put on here (mostly because I'm way too lazy to really think this out) is Then by Brad Paisley. It is exactly how I feel about AJ. especially the line that says "What I can't see is how I'm ever going to love you more, but I've said that before"

Well that is it for tonight Folks.

I forgot

I forgot that I was going to do that 30 day thing. Life has suddenly become so very stressful and busy. So here is a few of them in one day.

1 a favorite childhood memory with your siblings.
well growing up with two brothers was a little bit of a chore. They are also a little bit older than I am (51/2 years between me and Brent and 7 between me and Eric) so I was always the annoying little sister. However some of my best memories are from when I got to play with them. We used to play predator in the back lawn of Target right after it was built. It was always a ton of fun especially being allowed to play with the bigger kids.
as always Christmas is one of those very nice memories. Just for the record I am a really deep sleeper and will sleep as late as possible, even if i got to sleep at a decent hour. Christmas is no different, but Eric and Brent would always come up to my room at like 3 in the morning and jump on my bed to wake me up so that I would go wake up my parents. That was always really fun.

2 15 things you adore about your spouse

1. AJ is very handsome
2. i love it when we kiss and pull back and he has this cute little crooked smile on his face and will stare at me for a few minutes
3. AJ is so smart when it comes to the gospel
4. he is the best cuddler ever!!
5. I never feel more safe than when I am with him.
6. i love that he is so spontaneous sometimes
7. he get very passionate about things
8. he is really good with money
9. he is very selfless when he has the mind to be
10. he is all about family, and he will give anything and everything for his family
11. he has amazing taste in music
12. he spoils me
13. i love that he is so annoying sometimes
14. he loves BYU almost as much as family
15. i love that he can't keep himself from looking up spoilers to movies that we want to see and other movie news.

3 a regret you have from high school.

I really wish that I had tried harder. I feel like I wasted so much on friends and having a good time in high school when i should have been learning.
the rest of my regrets are much too personal.

Nebraska

this is in Wyoming on our drive.

So last Thursday we left on our weekend adventure. It started as a 10 hour drive from our house here in Utah to a little town in Nebraska.
After making sure everything was packed and that we didn't forget anything we hit the road, probably pulling out of the driveway somewhere around 7:30 am. We drove for quite a while, just us and the radio, making occasional comments but not really talking. After a while AJ asked me to drive for a bit because he didn't get a good nights sleep and wanted to take a little power nap. Let me tell you; when he got to sleep (it took him all of 5 seconds) he was OUT. I had my music up so that I wasn't bored and was singing along. I am really surprised that he got any sleep at all. He only slept for about 30 minutes though so we pulled into a truck stop and I got me a sandwich and we were back on the road.
After a while, once we'd listened to every song AJ liked on our ipod, we started talking. This is my favorite part of the trip. Its not that we didn't have a good time, but these are the times in our marriage that I really live for, and that I keep very close to my heart. We talked about our families and we talked about the future, and we talked about the gospel and our Patriarchal Blessings. AJ has so much knowledge and knows so much about the gospel that I love talking to him about it. I love how I can ask him a question and he can show me exactly where in the scriptures that I would find an answer. This is one of my favorite things about him is that he is so spiritually minded.
Okay, so anyway, after a while it got quiet again and sooner or later we made our way into Mccook. It was probably around 7 am their time... at least I think that's right.
We spent that evening with the Perkinson (sorry about any spelling errors) Family. Jon is our very good friend and his family is so nice, I love them all!
Jon showed us where our hotel was and we checked in then went to get food at Runza's and then we hit the sac.
Friday morning we got up and watched some TV in our motel room, Mostly about the Casey Anthony trial, and then we went out to Sinert's (?) deli for some lunch. Then we went back to Jon's house to hang out before the Brad Paisley concert.
This is where I skip some minor events and tell you about the concert. It was a good concert. The music was loud and they all sounded really good. Someone opened for the opener, but I can't remember his name. Judd something?!?! maybe not. but then Blake Shelton came out and he was pretty good, and then it was Brad Paisley and he was amazing. So the music was good, the people there... were not.
Phil had some mid 40's ladies get mad at him because he is too tall (and they were too drunk) we had Beer all over our feet and I had it all down my leg. We had people bumping us all night and at the end there was this drunk couple full out swing dancing behind us but were way too drunk to keep their balance and falling into us. After the concert was over we waded through the sea of empty beer cans (not a joke the arena floor was covered, you could not take a step without stepping on one or five).
The next few days were spent with Jon's family and some of the other families in town that AJ really liked. I loved them too. Church was a very fun experience because I got to meet a lot of people, and the people out there are so faithful and have the spirit so strong.
Anyways then it was time to go home. We visited with the Laringtons said goodbye to the Perkinsons and hit the rode around 2 in the afternoon.
This was a much quieter ride home because we were both so tired. I drove from North Platte to Cheyenne so AJ could rest up for the later drive.
We got home around 12:30 ish, got the mail, brought in the essentials and the mail and went to sleep.

It was a really good trip, I really enjoyed the time that I had to be with AJ outside of my comfort zone and to meet some people that got to see my husband as a missionary.
As we were eating Taco John's one day we saw this really cute squirrel completely spaz out. it like was walking crazy on this fence then ran up the pole and across the power lines and stuff.

Survey says do a dance

Okay well here's the deal, I have seen this on a few people's blogs yesterday... and I don't mind telling you that I copied it off of some complete stranger's blog this morning because I thought it was cool. Maybe someday I'll go back and finish that other one I started a few months ago haha.

1- A favorite childhood memory with your siblings.
2- 15 things you adore about your spouse.
3- A regret you have from/about high school.
4- Your favorite person to be around.
5- Your most dreaded house chore.
6- Create your life soundtrack.
7- A deceased person you admire.
8- The best advice your dad ever gave you.
9- Your biggest fear.
10- Your favorite winter activity.
11- Something you feel you've improved in yourself and you're proud of.
12- A simple pleasure in life you could never live without.
13- Your favorite outfit that makes you feel good.
14- A favorite amusement park you've been to.
15- A pet peeve you could kill over.
16- Your most prized material possession.
17- The best quality your mother passed on to you.
18- Your favorite part of the Christmas holiday.
19- Your top 10 bucket list items.
20- Music you never get tired of no matter how much it's played.
21- Your idea of the perfect retirement.
22- The vacation of your dreams.
23- Your most exciting sports experience to date.
24- Your favorite summer activity.
25- Your most peaceful place to be.
26- Your favorite childhood game.
27- The most romantic movie & song of all time.
28- Your favorite scenic picture.
29- Your go-to pick-me-up.
30- A quality you admire/consider a strength in yourself.

Summerfest

I had the awesome opportunity during Summerfest this year, to take Torie on some of the rides. this slide was her favorite probably... for me ... it was terrifying.


We definitely caught some air on that last bump, which she thought was just the coolest thing.








Torie also like the boat ride, though you probably can't tell from this.
On all of the rides she just had such a serious face but once she got off the ride it was all smiles.












This was the sweet purse that i got at one of the boutiques. i think it is sooo pretty! I love it.














This is Maggie, the most wiggliest baby I have ever met. She is Tories baby sister.




Isn't she cute?!
she got to hang out in the stroller while we walked around summerfest this year.