Happy birthday to me!

I am now 24 years old. To most people this isn't an old age, but I remember being little thinking anyone at my stage of life being old. Things have changed a lot in the last year.

Travis graduated
We travelled around the world to the Philippines
Travis started his real job
We bought a house
I had my 1 year work anniversary
Both our brothers got home from missions and so much more.

I can't wait to see what this year has in store!

I was incredibly spoiled for my birthday. Seriously. Its amazing to me how much bigger my birthday is with a husband and inlaws, even in law grandparents that give me gifts!

Highlights:
The year long rec center passes Travis got me ( I want to go everyday!!!)
The bed frame my inlaws got me. Its beautiful.
Shopping with my mom and sister.
Going to birthday lunch with my friend Chelsee.
Finally finding a cute vase and Faux flowers for my table.

I am so lucky to have so many people that love and celebrate with me.

Parade of homes first timers

The Storybook House:

Alemexo: Birthday Dinner

The 7 million dollar house:

This weekend was so fun!!! We did parade of homes for the first time and really had a blast. The best part is we were sitting on the couch on Friday night trying to figure out what we wanted to do for the night and travis suggested parade of homes. I was shocked that would be something he wanted to do. But there was clearly enthusiasm. So we found a promo code and bought our slightly discounted tickets. 

I was mostly excited to see the house up the street from us (the big blue one pictured above). I was super curious about the inside. It blew me away!!! so beautiful. So many deatilas that were so lovely. From the textured walls to the storybook theme throughout the house. I was sold. We walked around our neighborhood to two other houses in the parade, which were subpar after seeing the first house! 

Saturday night we ventured out to Alemexo in salt Lake, a mexican restaurant I had heard a lot about. for my birthday! Its a bit pricey, but the food was incredible, so worth it at least once! The Quacamole still has me dreaming. Then we headed to the most expensive home in the Parade of homes. 6.5 million dollars of wow. Definitely not my style of house, ultra modern. But it was impressive. It had incredibly expensive fixture choices, an infinity pool, a baby grand player, crazy amazing views of the salt lake valley, and waterfall running through it. 

The best thing about parade of homes is that it lasts for 2 weeks and you get access to every home for that time. So its an especially good deal if you live close to the houses. We plan on going to a couple more houses in the next two weeks when we feel like it! 

The rest of the weekend was birthday celebrations with family :) I am a little sad about my birthday. I used to plan it months in advance knowing exactly what I wanted. This year my mom texted me a couple days before and I was like hmmm don't know what I want, maybe lets just go shopping? Also it used to be a full week of celebration, now its just a weekend. I guess I am growing up. haha More on my birthday later.