Hughes'

Sugar Free

2011-10-18T11:40:00.000-07:00

As of today, Ben, my mom, and I have decided to go sugar free. I'm already being tempted by a slice of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving... One day at a time, right?

I think I'm posting about this to make it even more real to me. It definitely won't be easy but I read a blog on healthy living and the writer is sugar free so I know it's possible.

Craftinessess

2011-05-24T11:33:00.000-07:00

These are my next projects

This last one is the toilet paper rolls. Not even kidding. I'm collecting rolls if you want to save them :) (this part I actually am kidding about)

New House!

2011-05-24T11:12:00.000-07:00

Wow I am really really terrible at blogging. I always look at other people's blogs and am excited to read updates, but never update my own. I've been a little busy... working 2 jobs but being employed 3 places ha, moving into a new house etc Anyway...more on that later!

We bought a house the last week of February and we love being homeowners! Our house is in Lehi and I for one adore it. (pictures to follow) It's a 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath townhome on the west side of Lehi. We actually live about 8 blocks from my brother Matt (they haven't even seen our house yet!). I have been getting a bit of a craft itch. Right now I am making this:

only my lamp base is yellow! I've also redone another lamp, a side table, and plenty of picture frames and pillows.

We've had to buy a bunch of furniture including: a new bed, "desk", sectional, 2 chairs, a tv stand, kitchen table and chairs. And there is still a bunch more we need to buy. Filling a house takes way more furniture than filling a 2 bedroom apartment.

My next project is toilet paper roll art...seriously.

Lots of pictures to come soon...I promise!

Friends and Family Discount

2010-08-23T20:25:00.000-07:00

Give and Get is Here!: "Enjoy 30% off from August 26-29 at Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy and we'll donate 5% of what you spend to a non-profit."

Ooh, updates...

2010-04-17T12:54:00.000-07:00

A lot has been happening in our wee little lives...let's see--I graduated from cosmetology school at the beginning of February! I also took my written and practical state board exams and passed both. I accepted a job at Supercuts in Cottonwood Heights and so far I really like it. Not only do I do fabulous cuts, but color and waxing as well. Ben has been attending Salt Lake Community College and is taking computer classes as well as generals. He is studying to go into Computer Networking and we are still undecided on where to go to school for his second 2 years. We are possibly in the market for a new apartment in the Salt Lake/Murray area but don't know exactly when we are moving yet. I feel like there is a lot more that has been happening but I can't think right now. I really wish I had some new pictures to post but alas, this pic is from Canada last summer.

Hey Julie, SYTYCD?

2009-12-29T21:43:00.000-08:00

My hair school bff Julie and I got to see SYTYCD LIVE! It was awesome, mostly because I won the tickets on the radio. Since I won the tickets, I figured they would be semi-bad seats-I was totally wrong! Our seats were awesome! Thanks to 97.1, Julie and I sat in the lower bowl pretty dang close to the stage. As is tradition with events at the e-center, we went to Costa Vida for dinner prior to the show (and fought with 800 other women in line while they forced their "friends" to reserve a table for them. Yeah, we thought it was weird too). The show was awesome, I love watching dance routines live. The routines are way cool on tv but so much better in person. Oops, gotta go listen to the radio for a chance to win tickets to something else!

Haircuts

2009-11-09T18:42:00.000-08:00

Unlike the rest of my schooling, on Wednesday the 11th and the 18th, I receive the proceeds from the haircuts I perform. These proceeds will go directly toward funding me to go to the ISSE hair show in California in January. Call 801.763.0324 to schedule an appointment with me and make sure to ask for Stacy Hughes. Thank you!

TMNT

2009-11-08T19:47:00.000-08:00

Julie and I were Leonardo and Donatello for our school costume contest. If you can believe it, we didn't win anything. If there had been a people's choice award, we would have definitely taken the title. Shout out to Marianne for allowing me to borrow the costume.
Cowabunga!

MATC

2009-09-24T17:34:00.000-07:00

As you all know, I attend hair school and love every second of it! My hair school BFF recently blogged about an issue that is especially affecting us right now. I hope Julie is ok with me quoting her blog. I feel 100% the things she puts so perfectly into words.

"So it was no secret I wanted to attend hair school since I was really little. I got distracted from this desire and after 3 years at BYU I was reminded just how badly I wanted hair school. Its my "passion" if you will. Well when I started to look seriously into fulfilling my dream I was shocked and discouraged. The cheapest school I could find was over $10,000. There was no way I could justify that debt to get my dream education. So I kept searching and hoping I could find a way. MATC was that way. At less than half the cost of the cheapest school, hair school became a dream within reach. It sounds cheesey but without it I could have never been able to do it. Well now I have been attending since January and I absolutely love everything about it. The program is fantastic. My instructors are simply incredible. I get the attention I need, the training I need, and most of all I love going every day. When I first saw how cheap tuition was I thought there had to be a catch. I was wrong. It is really an incredible school and I feel like I am as well trained (if not better) as any other hair school student out there.
Why this MATC tangent you may ask? Well all the private hair schools have banded together and hired a lobbyist to try and shut my school down. They claim we are too much competition and some other things. I don't really understand the specifics. I do understand that this is a serious issue. Excuse the cliche phrase but MATC really does make dreams come true for people like me who felt their dream was out of reach. It is a great program and needs to continue."

When I first heard about these private schools wanting to shut our school down, I was afraid for myself. What was I going to do? Where would I go to finish my hours? How would I afford to pay more tuition? Then after I thought for a while, I started realizing how much it would affect everyone that is involved in any way with MATC. Where would my instructors find a new job? Where would all the students go to finish their hours? How would any of us afford more tuition? What about the students who want to go to a great cosmetology school in the future and can't afford upwards of $10,000?

I don't know why these schools think it's fair to take this education and this dream away from over 50 students. If there is a message that I can tell you from this, it's that I love MATC. It's a great school. The private schools are coming to tour our school tomorrow with their lobbyist, I hope they see what an amazing program our school offers and that we have dedicated, talented instructors that would do anything for any of us. I hope the outcome of this is

Paramore/No Doubt Concert

2009-08-17T19:53:00.000-07:00

On May 25, Julie and I went to the Paramore and No Doubt concert at the E-center...without our hubbies! We had a blast and of course took tons of pictures. I warned you about the tons of pictures so here it goes-

get excited...we're in the parking lot!

After the opening band, Paramore was first.

The lead singer Hayley is super adorable.

We made a random guy take this picture of us!

Here is No Doubt--including the famous Gwen Stefani.

They were awesome.

Best part of the night...a couple not much older than us asked what time

we thought No Doubt would be coming on. Obviously we didn't know the exact time but

said we expected it would be about 9:30 and they said "oh, well we're old so we just wanted to know." Then at about 10:15 when No Doubt hadn't been performing for very long, they snuck past us and didn't come back...

Moral of the story is: If you pay for a concert, you should stay for the whole thing. Also, don't call yourself old when you're talking to people no more than 5 years younger than you.

Easy PB Cookies

2009-05-24T11:57:00.000-07:00

I learned a new trick today! It's called supercook.com. On this ultra cool website, you can type in ingredients you have in your kitchen and it will come up with recipes you can already make! (Great for Sundays when you haven't grocery shopped in advance). I wanted a cookie recipe that didn't include chocolate chips-since I didn't have any- so I typed in typical dessert/cookie ingredients I already have (eggs, flour, sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, etc.). Super Cook came up with this:

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg

Cook in 1'' balls at 350* until golden brown.

Easy, right? And I think they're pretty good! I'll have to wait until Ben gets home to get the final consensus. Happy Cooking!

Thank you 107.9 !!!

2009-05-03T19:12:00.001-07:00

So I get into my car with my friend Julie and the radio comes on and I hear the 107.9 Touci Touci bird...which may not mean anything to some of you, but I knew if you hear the bird, you are supposed to call and be #10. So I am reaching around for my purse in the back seat for my phone and I figure I'm taking too long and the tickets are already gone, but I decided to call anyway. It was ringing! It never rings when I try to call radio stations! So a guy picks up and says "Mix 107.9, can you hold for a second?" and I say "Umm...Yeah!". Then Julie and I start freaking out...seriously, I was shaking! Julie keeps saying "What's going on? What did he say?". I told her what he said and both of us sounded like two 13 year old girls "shut up, oh my gosh, shut up!". So he comes back on the phone and says "Thanks for holding, you won tickets!" and since I only heard the touci bird and not what it was for I said "Umm, thanks. What were those tickets for again? I forgot." "Oh, you won tickets to see the new X-men movie." So he took down all my info and I just have to pick the tickets up within the next 30 days. Ok so X-men tickets aren't as cool as No Doubt and Paramore tickets, but I was still pretty stoked that I won anything at all! So thanks, I love 107.9 the Mix!

Is it time to get your hair done?

2009-04-09T18:14:00.000-07:00

I am now taking appointments at my hair school! I am available Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings starting at 9:30 and Saturday from 9-3. You can call 801-763-0324 to make an appointment with me. I hope to see you soon!

Rex Lee Run

2009-03-16T16:02:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, March 14th, I ran my 1st 5k! This is a post-race picture of the 4 of us who ran. L to R: Mare, Julie, Kelsey, Me. I don't know my exact time, but I'm pretty sure it was around 32 minutes. When we first got down to BYU campus, it was a frigid 28 degrees! I literally thought my toes would fall off, but once the sun came up, the weather wasn't too bad. I am pretty proud of myself for finishing the race without much training and this summer I am going to run a 10k!

A little more has changed...

2009-02-28T10:00:00.001-08:00

Wow am I bad at blogging? Rhetorical question, I haven't blogged for about 3 weeks, but in my defense, I am pretty busy. I started hair school last month and I go full time Monday-Friday from 8-4:30, not counting homework (yes there is homework for hair school). 3-4 times a week I work at Old Navy by the South Towne mall and every Sunday we teach the 12 year old Sunday School class. I know everyone is probably thinking "Oh, if that was all I had to do, I'd have plenty of time to blog" but I find it hard to squeeze in time for this and working out alongside all of the above mentioned things.

Anyway--I have lost another 5 pounds! I can already tell a difference in how my clothes are fitting! What am I doing you ask? Well, everytime we saw the empty place in a store where a wii fit was supposed to be in the display case, I would go off about how much I wanted one. On Valentine's day, I was ultra surprised (really, I honestly was) to open my very own wii fit!!! For those of you who haven't had the chance to play on one, the very first time you play, you must do a "body test". I had heard that the wii fit would weigh you and I was pretty sure I wasn't a stick but I hopped on and the tiny wii fit voice said "overweight!" I was mortified! ...Here my wii fit character went from looking 'normal' to gaining a tire around her midsection and a fatty fat booty :( not my proudest moment. I looked around as my cute husband stared at the screen, not only did I have to hear that I was overweight, but other people heard too! (Disclaimer: the wii fit is awesome and there is a password protected option if you don't want others knowing your bmi and weight.) What is it about hearing someone else say what you already know that makes it harder to accept? I knew I wasn't the size 2 I wish I was, but I also didn't ever have anyone tell me I wasn't. After having a quick moment of self pity, I realized this is the starting point, I don't have to stay like this! Wow...really? I don't have to be an 'overweight' size forever? The wii fit then tells you that if you have a specific goal, it will help motivate you even more, so I set my initial goal: Lose 15 pounds in 3 months. I know on my previous post I said "lose 30 by my b-day in August" and I'm not giving up on that, I am simply setting a shorter term goal to get me on my way.

Another thing I have recently started is my ghetto version of Weight Watchers. Ghetto? yes, ghetto. I count my points and have meetings 5x a week instead of once and don't pay one cent. Okay, so they aren't official WW meetings, but I really think they help. My WW partner is my friend Julie from hair school. We are constantly discussing WW and supporting eachother through it. The reason I love WW is you can eat ANYTHING, you just have to count the points for it. M&M's just don't seem as tempting when I know that I have to account for them on my daily record. There are plenty of websites that are dedicated to sharing WW help. A couple of my favorites that Julie gave me are:

a point calculator- http://www.cdkitchen.com/www.php

common foods- http://quiddity.cc/rachel/diet/wwfoods.htm

and my mom gave me one:

for restaurants- http://www.dwlz.com/restaurants.html

And five more pounds...GONE! I'm feeling great!

Slow Start

2009-02-07T17:20:00.000-08:00

I'm down 2 lbs. Definitely not an amazing feat but I'll take it.

Spaghetti...sort of.

2009-01-19T14:17:00.000-08:00

I have put my own spin on spaghetti. I cooked some whole wheat spaghetti noodles on the stove and steamed some zucchini and squash slices in the microwave. Mix that together with your favorite spaghetti sauce and you've got veggie spaghetti all in about 10 minutes. I love the Bird's Eye pre-sliced frozen zucchini and squash slices. You just throw a few in the microwave with a little water in a steaming dish and they come out amazing every time. They are pretty good as a side dish at dinner with a little dill sprinkled on them or just for a snack. (if you love squash, of course!) I just had to share. I wonder if I could get my hubby to eat this...

Finally, cruise pictures!

2009-01-14T20:18:00.000-08:00

Don't we look so excited?!?! This picture is at the Atlanta airport as we awaited our flight to Miami. Sorry about the camera blur, and lack of sleep!

TA-DA! The Canival Valor. This was our home for an entire week.

This is a lovely picture of the majestic (wow, did I just say majestic?) Carnival Valor at night. It is the one with the blue lights. I think the other ship was a Norwegian Cruiseline ship.After a couple failed attempts at a self portrait, a lady was nice enough to take this picture as the ship was approaching St. Maarten.

I took a picture with this towel animal...though we're still not quite sure what animal it is supposed to be.

And Ben took a picture with this one. Again, we weren't 100% sure what animal this is, but our best guess is it's either a puppy or a pig. Our other towel animals were a little easier to figure out. I loved coming back to our room with one of these on our bed every night.

CAUTION: SNORKEL GEAR MAKES FOR HUGE LOOKING LIPS!

Yeah, so I know this isn't the most attractive picture we've ever taken of ourselves, but I still love it. I actually printed this picture and have it hanging in our bathroom. This is Ben and I snorkeling in St. Maarten.

Again, another St. Maarten picture. These were the most common fish we saw.
This is actually a nudey (sp? real word?) beach on the french side of St. Maarten. Mostly the nudies were older women who seemed pretty confident with their saggin' parts...kudos ladies. I guess. The beach was beautiful and there weren't very many people despite all the chairs and umbrellas. We actually kayaked over to this beach to go snorkeling and the nudists were just an added bonus!

Wow, hot pic of me, I know. This is a random "climbing sculpture" in a park in downtown Miami. I was a little sketchy that we were downtown, especially at night but Ben seemed pretty chill. Just when I was really uncomfortable about all the homeless people we saw sleeping in doorways downtown, we actually met 4 LDS missionaries. We walked by them the first time and I didn't say hi so I felt pretty bad, but on our way back from dinner, they were still in the same spot. As we walked by for the second time I said "Hi Elders!" and one stared at me and said "How did you know who we were?". Um yeah, I think if you see 2 or more young guys in white shirts with black tags that have bikes and helmets with them, most people know they are Mormon missionaries. Pretty funny. So we chatted with them for half an hour about how Utah is and we asked them how their missions were going. It was kinda cool to see missionaries out teaching the bums. Okay they weren't preaching to the bums but it does sound funny.

So that about sums up our trip! We thought about stealing these life jackets from the ship but we figured we'd probably get in trouble...I must admit though, orange does look fab on us!

It was a fantastic trip and we absolutely would recommend going on a cruise. If anyone wants to plan one with us, we would love to go again!

Here I go...

2009-01-14T12:12:00.000-08:00

I have been struggling with my weight forever. I haven't ever been very satisfied with how I look and I would love to feel great about myself, SO...Here I go! I am putting myself out there and telling you all about my 14 days late "New Years Resoloution". Honestly I don't like to call it that because most people that have resoloutions quit them by Valentine's day, but I guess with it being the time of year it is, this is mine.

I am going to lose 30 pounds by my 22nd birthday on August 7th. I realize that 30 lbs is pretty ambitous, but I am ready and 6 1/2 months is a healthy time frame to lose it in. The reason I am telling all of you (if anyone reads this---hi, mom!) is so I have people that know about my goal and hopefully check in on me. I'm definitely not going to post how much I weigh...ok maybe in August I will post my "after" weight so if you'd like to, you can do the math...YIKES! However, I will absolutely post my progress along the way (ie: this week I lost 3 lbs, or I am down 12 pounds!) as well as yummy recipes I find and little workout tips and favorite fat blastin' moves! Wooo! Are you gettin' pumped? I knew you were, so here I go!

2008-11-29T16:51:00.000-08:00

I thought it was time for an updated picture of us so....here is an updated (sort of) picture of us. This was a few months ago when we went to the Ogden temple. Boring post...shorter hair. Who knew?

Cruise Countdown!

2008-11-19T13:36:00.000-08:00

I am sure this sounds silly, but I am a little jealous of myself....so try not to feel bad when you start getting jealous of me :) We are going on a cruise for our 1 year anniversary in December! The current countdown is 24 days to go! We fly out of Salt Lake to Miami on Dec. 13th and our cruise leaves the next day. It's a 7 day Eastern Caribbean cruise that ports at the Bahamas, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas. I am even more excited because this time we are cruising with 3 other couples. I have never been to Florida either, so I am happy that we are staying there for a night before and a night after the cruise. I will most definitely post tons of pictures after we get back (just to make you sufficiently jealous)!

Ben's Birthday

2008-11-19T13:30:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!

Ben just turned 27 on the 13th of November. We went over to my mom and dad's house for an early birthday (where this pic was taken) on Monday. I love this fake half smile picture...wow :). He got some pretty sweet games for our Wii and tons of clothes. I hope you had a good birthday...I love you Ben!

Halloween

2008-11-02T14:23:00.000-08:00

So I stole this picture from my sister-in-law Kelli's blog...hope you don't mind Kel:) This is my family on Halloween...well part of my family. The top row is my sister Michelle, my brother Matt, my mom Julie, and me. The bottom row is my neice Marisa, my nephew Dylan, my sister Katie and my baby sister Kelsey. I went trick or treating with my sisters and my neice and nephew and ended up carrying Marisa for half of it! It was a pretty fun Halloween but I wish Ben hadn't been working that night. Happy Halloween!

Old Navy Denim

2008-08-21T08:30:00.000-07:00

So as many of you know, I work at Old Navy a couple times a week and now that my friend heard a commercial for the sale on Saturday on the radio, I guess it's ok to talk about. This Saturday, August 23rd there is going to be a huge sale on most Old Navy denim! Men's and Women's denim will be $12 a pair and Kid's denim will be $7 a pair! Way great, I know. They are saying it's a limit of 3 per person but I think if you have kids with you, they will count them in your limit. Lame example here...Ok say I went shopping with my little sisters Katie and Kelsey, I would be able to buy 9 pairs because 3 people at 3 per person (3x3=9!). Anyway... I just thought I would let ya'll know about it and hopefully it won't be too crazy that day! As far as I know, this sale is at all Old Navy's. We open at 9 AM on Saturday. Have fun shopping!

Lime Ricki

2008-08-13T09:53:00.000-07:00

So I found this fun site called LimeRicki.com and I love their cute mix of fabrics! Plus the swim tops are long so they don't ride up and make the suit uncomfortable. The one I got is called "Greta". I love the tie in the back-so fun! They are pretty reasonably priced as well and they are here in Utah so I got my swimsuit in the mail the next day! I would definitely recommend them to anyone!

ABC tag!

2008-07-31T15:30:00.000-07:00

ABC Tag.
A is for age: 20...and 21 one week from today!
B is for burger of choice: Any with BBQ sauce on it.
C is for the car I drive: Suzuki Forenza.
D is for your dog's name: My sister had a dog named Baby Jesus and we gave it away.
E is for essential item you use every day: Eyeliner...wow but seriously.
F is for favorite TV show at the moment: The Office. And Scrubs.
G is for favorite game: Boxers or Briefs! It is WAY fun.
H is for home state: Utah
I is for instruments you play: Some piano. That's about it.
J is for favorite juice: Grape.
K is for whose bum you'd like to kick: Um no one.
L is for last restaurant at which you ate: I think Wendy's. Sad.
M is for your favorite Muppet: Miss Piggy
N is for number of piercings: One in each ear. Actually one ear has 2 because the girl that did them messed up when I was 8 and they re-did it when I was like 13.
O is for overnight hospital stays: Zero.
Q is for what you do with your quiet time: I like to read sometimes.
R is for biggest regret: No regrets. Life is too short.
S is for status: Married. Almost 8 months.
T is for time you woke up today: I think it was 6:50. That's random.
U is for what you consider unique about yourself: Sad, I can't think of one right now. I have 2 jobs...is that unique? Or I am a smart blonde that wants to go to hair school. There's one.
V is for vegetable you love: Asparagus. Yeah it's super good. Also all kinds of squash are pretty amazing.
W is for worst habit: Biting/picking at my nails. I hate when they are uneven or broken.
X is for x-rays you've had: Probably just the teeth ones at the dentist.
Y is for yummy food you ate today: A bbq chicken wrap. Yum!
Z is for zodiac: Leo

One Hundred Push-ups

2008-07-28T14:54:00.000-07:00

I was "blog stalking" and I found this cool challenge...

I read the plan and decided to go for it. When I told Ben about it, he decided that we should do it together! So it is now week 2 of 6 and I know this will sound lame, but I am already feeling stronger. I love push-ups because they strengthen not only your upper body (shoulders, chest, arms etc.) but also your entire core! My abs are definitely working when I do these. It starts with a test just to see where you are at and then gives you a plan accordingly. The goal at the end of the 6 weeks is to be able to do 100 consecutive push-ups. I started at 21 so hopefully I will be able to do the full 100 in 5 more weeks!

Picnik

2008-07-16T08:41:00.000-07:00

So I played a little bit with a site called picnik.com and here is what I came up with:

I thought it looked pretty cool and it's actually really easy to do. I definitely need more practice though... Let me know if you know of other cool sites that help you edit photos.

Another milestone...2 years!

2008-07-11T15:15:00.000-07:00

So it has officially been 2 years since I met Ben--and not to sound like a broken record, but the past 2 years have seriously flown by! The first time I met Ben was at my sister-in-law Kelli's softball game... thanks Kelli! It was sort of a group blind date....ish...thing. We knew that there were 3 guys coming to hang out and we had 3 girls including me and then my brother Matt and sister-in-law Kelli. As we were driving to meet the boys we found out that there were 2 guys named Micah and one guy named Ben. One of the girls was getting set up with one of the Micah's and the other girl and I got to choose which one we wanted...so to speak. I said that I had already dated 2 Ben's so I would go with the one named Ben.

When the boys introduced themselves, apparently I didn't tell Ben what my name was and he thought that I was a little stuck up! I still feel bad for that one. (Although in my defense, I remember that I just said my name once as to introduce myself to all 3 of them at the same time). As we walked to the cars to go to dinner, I found out that he was 24 and he found out that I was only 18! My mom flipped a little on that one... Luckily I turned 19 a couple weeks later. We went to dinner at Iggy's Sports Grill...which is pretty good and we have gone back to the same one a few times since then.

The last thing we did that night was bowling... I don't remember where it was...probably somewhere in West Jordan and I'm sure Ben could tell me, but we went bowling and I won! I don't just mean that I beat Ben, but I beat everyone! I am bragging a little, sorry... I thought it was pretty cool though. We also played a little pool at the bowling alley. To end the night, as I posted in the one right before this, I gave Ben my number and he texted me right away to see if it was my real phone number :). I sort of thought that he was a player and probably wouldn't ever call me, but a week later we went out again...and obviously that wasn't the last time. With Ben's, the 3rd time was the charm!

Happy 7 Months!

2008-07-08T09:10:00.000-07:00

Can you believe it? We have been married for 7 months now! I feel like the last 7 months have flown by. Even though I probably should have done this on the typical 6 month mark...oops!...here it goes.

Things I love about Ben

We both love (good) Thai food and he

pretends to like it when I attempt to cook it.

I can totally tell if he's lying because he gets this hillarious look on his face.

He is my brain...If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be to half the things that I am supposed to

He wants to go to as many temples as possible.

He always knows the answers

to my questions.

He texted me right after I gave him

my number to see if

it was real :)

He has more confidence in me than I do.

He loves anything sugar.

Anything.

He tells me that I look cute--even when I don't.

He likes the same music as me...we jam out.

He is always willing to help me.

He likes to cuddle.

He lets me

steal the covers.

He lets me pick the movie.

He explains things to me when I have a blonde moment or two.

He washes my car. :)

He remembers the little things that I like.

He lets me buy shoes.

He does the laundry and the

dishes and cleans the apartment... I do it too

but it's definitely nice to have help.

He wants a scooter...haha.

He is going to be the cutest dad ever (not any time soon) because he loves to be one of the kids. He even ripped my parents' tramp...

He lets me decorate the apartment with lots of girly stuff.

He is dang hot!

He is my best friend.

I love you Ben...Happy 7 months and many more!

Ben

2008-06-26T17:28:00.000-07:00

So basically my husband was the cutest little kid ever! And is still the cutest 26 year old kid ever! This is when he was 4...I think. Such a cute little pirate!!! I just had to share this.

Cosmetology

2008-06-12T08:15:00.000-07:00

As some of you know, I have decided to go to hair school--the only decision I had left to make was when to go. I was contemplating starting in August, but was really unsure about it until yesterday... January 20th 2009 will be my first day and I am already pretty dang excited! Hopefully all of you will trust me enough to cut or color your hair so I can get tons of practice. I will be learning cutting, styling, coloring, perming etc on hair and also eyelash extensions, pedicures, manicures, and glitter toes!! I am way stoked....if you couldn't tell. Wish me luck!

Scrapbooking and Card-making

2008-06-06T08:51:00.000-07:00

So I love to scrapbook and make cards and I am super grateful that I have an awesome mom who started a way cool scrapbook supply site(and now has a blog too!). It's CropandStick.com and has really cheap and super cute stuff for all your favorite crafts. She also can hold stuff for you at her house for pick-up if you live close to American Fork and don't want to pay shipping! This is my favorite stamp set from their site. I love that you can pick whatever stem you want and whatever top of the flower you want to mix and match! Very cute set! She has plenty of other stuff for you to check out... I love it all way too much!

Cruise

2008-06-05T22:43:00.000-07:00

So this is us on our honeymoon cruise to Mexico! These are the couples we sat with. Unfortunately I am totally getting old and can't remember the names of the couple on the far left...woops, but the couple in the middle's names are Mark and Cynthia. I was a little nervous when we got our table assignments because you never know who they will have you sit by, but we actually got really cool couples at our table. I will post more pictures of the honeymoon in a later post...

December 8 2007-The Beginning

2008-06-05T16:36:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken right after we exited the temple. All of our family and friends were standing around yelling "kiss her!". I like how the picture turned out so thanks all you crazy people we love :)
This is our wedding cake. In case you didn't know, the H on the top is for Hughes, our last name.
Another kissing picture. The crowd had left by then and now it was just our photographer and a few family members yelling it.
From left to right, the kids are my sister Kelsey, my nephew Dylan, my niece Marisa, and my sister Katie. This is the shot where we had the most people looking at the camera.
Holding hands on the temple doorknob...cheesy but someone's gotta do it. My flowers were awesome, they had these crazy spiral rhinestones coming out all over. I loved it.

This was honestly the best day of my life. I got to marry the person that I love more than anything and I will be with him forever. Thank you to everyone who made this day as special as it was for us! Love you Ben!

Blog...

2008-06-04T10:31:00.000-07:00

So here is our little blog. I have never done a blog before, but tons of people have them so they can't be too hard, right? Hopefully I can figure it out.