Our Dog that Lasted a Week

Well, we had a puppy for a week. 

I had been begging Trent to let us get one for ever, and so finally we found one that we liked. His friend from Vernal was giving him away for free so we decided we would try it. 

I knew it wasn't gonna be the best idea, but I just wanted to try it so bad (Hello can you blame me?! i've never had a dog my whole life!!) that i couldn't resist. I knew it was a bad idea in the first place because A. Trent and i are gone like all day every day at work or school, B. because we live in a condo complex with neighbors under us and next to us, and C. because our apartment is not the biggest place you've ever seen. 

But on the other hand, if you have a kid, you can't just give it back or change your mind. You have to keep the kid for the rest of your life. But if you get a puppy, you can always sell it or give it away to someone else :) yes to selling puppies, no to selling babies haha. So if we decided it wasn't gonna work I would at least get my dog fix and then we could give him away. 

Anyways, we got Benji. We loved Benji. He was SO dang cute. I mean just look at the lil fella!

His first walk. He was so funny, he had to sniff EVERYTHING! It took us like 10 minutes just to get down one side of the block!

We learned some funny things about Benji (We picked out his name by the way, in case you were wondering. So cute, i know.) First, we taught him how to fetch. This was my favorite, and probably another reason our downstairs neighbors probably don't like us.

 Second, he LOVED us. When we came home, he would FREAK out. He loved our attention. He would be totally fine if he could just hang out by us. And while he was sleeping too! He would NOT go to sleep at night unless he was by us, meaning on our bed with us (on a towel). After we finally gave in each night and put him on our bed, he was fine all night. He didn't wake up until we did. Yes and i was the girl that said i would NEVER let a dog sleep on my bed. Oh crap, I'm gonna be a pushover mom. haha kidding. Trent just looked at that last sentence and said "yeahhh right..." :)

I thought this was so funny. Watching football together, this was when we knew he was a true boy :)

 Speaking of sleeping, it seemed like Benji could never get comfy. He would keep moving around in the weirdest positions, it was so funny. 

Exhibit A:

And my personal favorite...

His favorite spot to hang out when we weren't looking was under our couch. Not under it on the floor, but literally, right under it. He found a little hole, ripped it open and got up in there. Oh geez. Trent snapped a picture right as he was trying to capture him before he got up in there. PS This is our ugly couch that we won the ugly couch contest with (post on that coming later) that was made worse thanks to Benji

 

Benji also LOVED to pee anywhere BUT his designated pee mat. Yes this is me after i stepped in a pee puddle.

Trent & I set our bag with all our overnight stuff on one of the sofas, which he was too little to jump up on. We came to find somehow he did get to it and wanted to brush his teeth... with our sonicare toothbrushes...

Haha i was so mad but i still think it is so funny. I'm laughing so hard just thinking about it. The funny thing is I asked trent if he just wanted to put his brush tip through his UV sanitizer and use it again, and he gave me the funniest look like i just asked him if he wanted to, well, brush with the same toothbrush our dog just chewed and slobbered on. Then i realized how stupid that question was! haha! The joys of having a dog. I got my dog fix for a while and we are not having another one until we have a house with a yard :) I made it sound like he was a terror dog, but really he was so cute and so fun. We did love having him for a week! After we gave him to a cute family from KSL we also have loved NOT having a puppy and having one less thing to worry about. Sorry Benj. And sorry neighbors for our experimental pet whim :)

A Lil Fall Hike

On Conference Sunday, Trent and I went on a hike up at Solitude Resort. He lost his iPhone 4 up there snowboarding last season so we went to go see if we could find it, haha. It ended up being the last nice day before it snowed that next week, so it was perfect timing! it was BEAUTIFUL!!!

We had our handy iphones turned to the radio so we could listen to conference as we hiked! That was cool. 

So as we got pretty far up, I thought we were about there, SOMEONE kept saying "We're almost there, it's just right up here..." So i think we are there and Trent goes "Oh babe, we still have to go way up by that house at the top of the mountain." I'm not sure if you can even see it, but you can kinda see the top of the roof at the top of the mountain. This picture is looking like straight up, mind you...

It was such a pretty hike though looking down at all the trees changing colors!

Warning: Avalanche Areea... Yeah it was STEEP (for a little girl like me, I'm a baby. It was nothing for Trent of course)

Can you see the roof of the house?! We made it to the top!! 

 Trent found a ski!

 Um see that tiny little road?? Keep in mind that is where we started walking from. Yeah it was a long hike. 

I'm not sure why i liked this little old dried up flower thing so much, but i thought it was cool, haha

Here we have THE BEST rock thrower of the century. he knocked down every single pine cone on this tree by throwing a rock, haha. Does it look like he could fall off the side of the mountain down into those tiny trees with one wrong step? Yeah i thought so too. Made me nervous! haha

 We decided to do the traditional little we-wanna-mark-our-territory-by-carving-our-initials-on-an-aspen-tree and did just that :) so precious, i know.

My contribution was the little leaf-heart :)

what a cute lil outdoorsy hubby i have

Although we had no luck finding the iPhone, it was such a pretty hike!

Lately

Gosh I used to wonder why people don't update their blog more often, now I understand! 

Our life is so dang busy. The last two weeks, I have had dishes pile up in our sink and laundry pile up on our bed all week long, because I honestly did not have an extra few minutes to do them. I was about to post a picture to prove it, but that is embarrassing. I'll post a picture of our nice clean apartment thanks to my great husband later :) Life is crazy. But it's good for me to keep busy. 
So here's an update of us lately.

My cousin Tyler got home from his mission in Brazil. We've actually seen him a lot, so that's been fun! Him and Trent are now on an intramural flag football team. I just wanted to put this pic up cause I think their family is so dang cute :)  Tyler is single by the way, if you know any super cute awesome girls, I would be happy to interview them :)

Speaking of this cute fam, one of my favorite people in the world, my cousin Nate, left on his mission. He is going to Peru! We are so excited for him, but will miss him! Trent and I got to go to the temple with him for his first time. Love being in the temple with some of my favorite people! We've loved having all these good excuses to spend some time with my family!

Trent took this picture, can you believe it? Amazing!

Trent with the motivational speaker Kevin Hall

Love my baby 

We had a sports filled weekend: Alta, RSL, Jimmer, and BYU!

The Alta/Bingham game at RiceEccles Stadium with my fam!

 Me with my fav RSL player Tony Beltran on the right and other player Chris I think?

We went to their game after with Trent's mom and brother Britt and brother in law Will!

 I love this picture. Me and cute Rachelle with our fam at the Jimmer game!

And thanks to my awesome grandparents & great grandma Gardner, we got to be at the BYU game in style. This is the way to go! 

Other random events... We had a yard sale. It was actually way fun. We met lots of funny, interesting, some angry, some crazy... people. 

 They had a ferris wheel on campus one day, why? I'm not sure, but it was a fun break from class!

 I ALMOST convinced Trent to let us get the CUTEST tiniest little puppy! One day... (and yes, i do want a puppy. For some reason my mom thinks it's so funny that I want one, but i've never had a dog! They are so cute! And i would train it to not bark, be nice, and be potty trained, of course! haha) Whenever we see people selling puppies in a parking lot or something I make Trent stop so i can hold them :)

 And then it got cold .

 I had been craving chili for a long time, so when it cooled off I finally got to make it! Mmm! 

And while we're talking about the cold weather, I am noticing something is a little off about me. Usually I am like the cold weather Scrooge and HATE it. I wait as long as i can before I have to wear long sleeves, coats, and boots. But this year... i've kinda been excited about it! Don't get me wrong i still hate the cold. But i admit, this year i've kind of been embracing being able to drink warm apple cider and smell the yummy smells and wear warm clothes and wear cute boots and snuggle up with my hubby!

 Anyways, i made this yummy Pizza Loaf. It's just homemade bread with ground beef, tomato sauce, olives, and cheese!

So my super cute friend Shannon works for a nonprofit organization called Mentor's International. They had their annual gala fundraiser dinner and Shannon was able to invite us. It was awesome! We loved it. Jenny Oaks Baker was there to perform her violin, and I have loved her since I was little! She is awesome. Her parents - Elder Dallin H. Oaks & his wife - were also there with Elder Hales representing the church. We were lucky enough to meet them after, they were so sweet. And just for the record, Elder Oaks just about crushed my hand. He has the handshake of ... a giant. :) 

 We love hanging out with these two :)

Thanks Shan! :)

My uncle Donny and aunt Summer (I almost feel weird calling them my aunt and uncle, cause everyone else's aunt & uncles are like old. And these two are not old. They are way young, way cute, in style and cool. Also I wrote a paper about how great parents they are. Just had to make note of that.) Well they went on a little night getaway and asked us to babysit their kids. These three little kids always make me laugh, they are so funny. First of all, Elle I hear is quite the entrepreneur. She set up the "Elle Adamson Snack Shack" and this was my lunch. It was the best lunch I had all week!

 Remember in the good old days when videogames were NOT like this?! Haha 

the Wii is fun on the big screen!

 And this is little Jayne. I just love her. She loves smiling for the camera!

 And Easton and Elle made a BYU/Halloween cake! Oh and the best part is, we broke my bad curse- Nobody got sick! Yay!

The other night I went to my cousins reception with my brother Riley, and Trent didn't come because he was doing tons of homework. Or so I thought! It was so cute. I came home and our apartment was spotless!

 This is how I found him. Cleaning our much needy bathtub. What a cute lil husband i have. 

 Is this the post that just keeps on giving or what?! I promise I'm almost done...

Last Sunday my Grandma Hansen had a family Halloween party. (I just realized like every post has to do with some event with our family! We have the greatest family! We are so lucky. I just love all of them!) But anyways, my super cute grandma had the cutest Halloween food I just had to take pictures of them!

 Worm Water

 Spider Eggs! (Deviled eggs that is)

And my favorite... Witch Dip! How cute is this!? It is all made of bread, with dip in it!

 What are these you ask? Oh only the best grapes in the entire world. They are grown in their backyard and rank pretty high up there for one of my favorite treats of the year!

 We also carved pumpkins. This is my little owl! Hehe :)

Okay that's all! That feels so good to be all caught up! Ahh... Thank goodness for this thing we call our day of rest :)