shabu shabu date night!

last week... for once, we got to go out on a nice date and it was the best.  we got shabu shabu.  look how delicious and beautiful those veggies and noodles look!

and i am so lucky to have this handsome, 6-ft-4 redhead to cling to for warmth in a cold movie theater.  we saw the magnificent seven.  heart-breakingly good.  

life.

conference weekend.

we have lots of family and friends in town this week.  which is really exciting for me, since most weeks i am just sitting around, entertaining a baby, going to the grocery store and cleaning. typically in that order.  it has been so fun to see jordan and christina and meet their darling baby girl for the first time!  she is so sweet.  

as is necessary when people are in town, you have to make lots of treats and keep your fridge and pantry stocked.  {or at least i do.  i have discovered that food is my primary love language.  eeek!}

so far, i have made this, and this.  and i plan on making this before the weekend's out.  and maybe this with strawberries.  we'll see where the wind takes us.

also, did you know that looking at too many pictures of food can actually make that food less appetizing and enjoyable to eat?  who knew?  just so you know, this will in no way affect how much i post pictures of food on instagram or the blog.  consider it helpful to your dieting aspirations if you must.  you're welcome.

the triple-bypass burger.

sometimes, you hear about an amazing place to eat in atlanta.  and, because you live in atlanta, you really really want to try it.  so, even though it's a bar, and even though they won't let you bring your baby inside, you go anyway, and get it to go, and eat it in your car.  sometimes, that "triple-bypass burger" is totally worth it.  

^^^^ you also get a glimpse of the mary margaret house, and reminisce of days reading gone with the wind, and being so furious about the ending you could cry.

you then decide to see what's what at piedmont park, because you've heard of piedmont park and you're generally curious.

and then sometimes, in the afternoon, you undress your baby down to her drawers, because you live in atlanta after all, and it's so dang hot outside!

then you call it a day, go home, and eat peach cobbler.

over the weekend.

over the weekend, we found an amazing pho place and i died from happiness.  then we went to atlantic station and i got superman ice cream.  

on saturday we found the most amazing frisbee golf park.  each hole was over 300 ft....

and our southern belle wore too large of a headband to church on sunday.  {our stake president reminded me of a baptist preacher in the way he spoke.  totally awesome.}

some favorites of the past few weeks....

the past few weeks have been full of mostly studying, which was so not my favorite.  here are some favorites of the last few weeks....

catching up with the rasmussens and the aaron/erins at the black sheep cafe....

going through three bins of hand-me-down girl clothes....

keeping up on all my tv shows.... {grey's anatomy, chicago fire, and i just got into the following.  is that bad?}

trying out the waffle-love truck.  and i'm hooked!

life lately: aka some pictures of food.

sammy's famous pie shakes.

saturday date:  dinner at sammy's for a delicious pumpkin pie cheesecake shake.

life lately...

i have been loving the weather lately.  it gets up to 60 degrees here each day, and that is quite different from what we experienced last april.  this weekend we are going to the temple with sam for the first time, hopefully using our ski passes up in sundance, and watching general conference.  and i am stoked!  here are some pics of life lately:

brigham square on a beautiful warm night.

wings {again!} with friends.  just looking at this picture is making me crave them....

graham canyon ice cream.  i am going to make the most of it while i'm here, because once john graduates, i will seldom have some again.... 

7pm now looks like 3pm because it is so light outside!

someone buy this man a banjo.

terra mia, my pizza affair.

have a wonderful weekend!

hunger games and joe's crab shack with friends.

what a great week.

i have taken a lot of pictures this week.  there have been so many fun and happy things that we've done, mixed in with the drudgery of school{me} and work{john}. here are some of the highlights of the week, just for kicks:

singing with john playing on my mom's ukelele:

i tried {and failed} 3 IVs at clinical.  i'm gonna go ahead and admit this isn't one of the highlights of my nursing school career.  but i wanted to document it because, when i'm a nurse, i am going to be freaking great at starting IVs.  now i just need to find someone to practice on....

we went out for wings with our cousins.  and can i just say, this picture totally grosses me out?  but gosh were they good.  the waiter also said, "are there holes in these cups?!" because we were going through the water and lemonade so fast.... whoops!

john took me out for a pumpkin oreo shake on monday night.  oh man, i love that pumpkin oreo shake.

the missionary fireside, where we learned about exercising faith.

my current afternoon snack....

my view on the walk home:

a perfectly wonderful snowy date with that handsome man of mine.