Dan the Man!

I love Dan, he does so many things for me without me even having to ask. Last saturday was cleaning check and Dan totally offered to come over early in the morning to help me vacuum, mop, and scrub.
Later that day my car wouldn't start and it was Dan that hopped on the phone to find jumper cables.
This past week my car died and Dan helped me jump it again. And on Saturday, my car died again... Dan drove me all the way to highland to work, drove around to 3 different stores to find a car battery, waited for an hour while it got changed, came home and then turned around to come pick me up.
He is so wonderful and I am SOOO excited to get married to him October 8th!

I love you Dan! Thank you for all you do.

Climbing on Rocks

Friday was SUCH a fun day. Dan took me rock climbing. At first when he asked if I wanted to go, I thought he meant at an indoor facility... it wasn't until the night before when I actually pieced it together we would be going OUTdoors. 7am came early and by 8am we were off to Rock Canyon. I have to admit, I was pretty scared, but not Dan haha, look at that smile:

As Dan was unpacking he was teaching me the rules. "See this rope? This rope can never get dirt on it because it will make it bristle and then you'd  die.... see this carabiner? this can never get tossed because if it hits a rock, then you'd die."

So Dan and I hiked up the back of the mountain and dropped down the rope to his brother so we could climb up the other side. I cut my leg on a stick.

haha cute dan

aww it's us! This was right after I finished climbing. I didn't make it up very high haha I was too scared

The boys as they get ready to tackle their next mountain.

Okay this picture still scares me. Dan is 'lead climbing'. You have to free climb up till you come to a metal ring that has been drilled into the rock and then hook in your quickdraw carabiner onto it once you reach it. If you fall, you're falling down to your last quickdraw. It's a pretty far fall. AND Dan in climbing on pretty much a flat piece of rock, just a small, baby crack to try and shove your fingers in to hold on.

Such a monkey, giving me a heart attack watching me from afar.

I am fake climbing in this picture haha, kinda looks like im scaling the side of a mountain though right?

Dan pondering life.

After climbing, I had to go to work. But then after we had a Dutch Oven/Hot Dog roast with the Barns and the Smith's! It was so fun, such a good night getting together with our old friends!

Look at those coals burn! We ran out of lighter fluid and the Barn's ran to the store to save they day.

Billy and Cait grillin their dogs!

Aaron and Cassie!

Dan and I!

Happy Birthday Dan!

Well today has just been so fun. It was my sister's and my fiancee's birthday (and i had two midterms, but that is beside the point).

I asked Dan what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday a few weeks ago and he said that he wanted a 'fun' cake. I also texted his mom to see what he liked and she told me, and i quote, "probably vanilla with neon food coloring and neon colored frosting. And sprinkles. Multicolor."
So, i put my baking skills to the test. When i got home today from school i filled on the tv, guess what show was on... Cake Boss (how appropriate). And from then on, I put my creativity to the test.
At the begining of the semester, the girls and I had a rainbow party and we made a rainbow cake. I liked how fun it looked when we cut into it, so I wanted to make a fun, multicolor cake that looked cool when I cut into it.
After calling my mom like 5 times to learn how to make frosting, i began my rainbow cake journey.

the first layer was my red, orange and yellow swirl and the second was my purple, blue and green swirl.

Into the oven they went:

it made a rainbow mess:

As they cakes came out and were cooling, I wrapped up Dan's presents. One of his favorite movies of all time is Footloose and he is proud to admit that, so I had to get it for him. There is a great scene in the movie where Kevin Bacon punch dances out his range that one of my all time favorite movies copied. That movie is Hot Rod. So I got Dan that movie too. (we watched it tonight, and seriously, that movie gets funnier and funnier each time you watch it)

I also got Dan a scalp massager. 1) because he loves to have his head rubbed and 2) he can do it himself and i wont have to anymore lol

And lastly, I got Dan a pair of crocs. He has always been secretly envious of mine, so i figured it was time he joined the croc club. 

After the cake was done and frosted, and the presents wrapped and ribboned, we went to Seven Peaks Waterpark (again, the best investment!) and had a blast going down some slides and floating down the lazy river!

THENNN.... we went to Fuddruckers. Yum.

Curious to see how the cake turned out?? Me too. I was dying all afternoon to see what it would look like once we cut into it! Here:

 the birthday boy!

Happy birthday Dan!

And I need to add a birthday shout out to jana, Happy Birthday Jan!

She is so tan!

Suave.

well i ran out of my wonderful avon shampoo that has been discontinued... it was a very sad day... and now that i have a wedding to be saving for, i have decided to opt out for a more cheaper hair care regime. i've used Suave before, smells good, and they have been advertising non stop about how their product is just as good as the high end beauty supply stores... so i bought a bottle.

first, watch this commercial

who can resist a gay hairdresser saying 'suave??!?' in unbelief?? I know i couldnt.

Anyways, after about two weeks of using Suave, i have noticed a horrible change in my hair. today has defiantly been the worst... see for yourself:

scary. Dan calls it 'jungle hair', except he says it in spanish. and it is, it is jungle hair. tomorrow i am buying new shampoo.

What have i learned from this experience?? it's great to be frugal... BUT there are some things you can't skimp out on ie-shampoo. and toilet paper.

A Date Has Been Picked!

we are very excited to announce that 

October 8th 

will be our big day!!

For more info you can check our our wedding website here: http://www.mywedding.com/danandlaur/