broccoli & chocolate cake

yesterday i made broccoli beef for dinner.

it was amazing {if i do say so myself}

it's going in the favorites book. fa sho.

i also pushed mills along in her stroller while i ran jogged 2 miles.
that's a new PR! {sad but true}
i've been very good at exercising lately, & eating healthy.
until trav made a chocolate cake.
he's a boredom baker. it's one of his best qualities.
man i wanted to eat the crap out of that sucker.
but travis, being the wonderfully supportive husband that he is...
frosted the cake, cut himself a piece, then promptly put it on top of the kitchen cabinets where it was out of my reach.

he is a smartie.
i luh him.

have a grand wednesday!
xo lauren

heart head

 

This was trav's Valentine's present to me this year.
He knocked on the door and handed me a rose.
And when I asked how his day had been,
He turned around and made jazz hands,
Showing me his newly shaved heart-head.

Some people wear their heart on their sleeves.
Travis wears it shaved into the back of his head!
I love that guy.

& here's mine & millie's mommy/daughter get-ups.  we are BFF's
xolauren

cribs

usually when travis comes home from school he likes to grab something to eat, and chill. you know, facebook it up & stuff. but yesterday when he came home, instead he chose to set up her crib!! i was thrilled! i think now that it's getting to the point where soon i could go in to labor anytime, all of this is getting more and more real to him. last night as i was browsing pinterest, he even asked, "do they have any ideas on there of what to pack in the hospital bag?"
ha! and i was like, "boyyy, you don't even KNOW".
travis will seriously be the best daddy, you guys. i am so excited to see those two together. he loves talking to my tummy and lately has begun relishing the thought of me being in class next semester, so that he can have daddy-daughter time, and "take her fishing, and play x-box and watch cool movies, and take her fishing". ha! apparently this girl will learn to fish before she learns to talk.
i love my guy so much. i can't wait to start this family with him.
and i really love this whole forever thing. {smile}
xo lauren

reason # 5074 why i love my husband

so, i'm an interior design major right? so naturally i would rather be shopping for home decor than clothing 100% of the time. i actually stay awake nights thinking of how i'd like to do up our home. my doodles consist of floor plans and furniture layouts. most of my pinterest boards are dedicated to various rooms of the house.
what with the interior design blood in me, and this nesting kick i've been on... it's getting a bit intense.
of course, most of this dreaming is just dreaming. i would feel guilty spending money towards furniture and things, we are students with a baby on the way after all! and a girl can only DIY so many things. 
i am perfectly content with waiting for all of my design dreams to come true, it will be much more fun to see it all come together over the years. this is where my interior fund comes in. i have been saving up extra cash here & there for a while, with the intent to spend it on the few items i plan to splurge on for our place. needless to say, it was taking a long time coming.
today, travis surprised me by making a substantial donation to my interior fund. he tucked a large wad of cash into my purse and let me run around frantic for a few minutes while i thought through all of the people this cash could possibly belong to, because it certainly couldn't be mine.
he laughed & gave me a smile to let me know that it was a gift from him, and it could not have been more thoughtful. i am so grateful for that man of mine!

Fry Wars

Travis has fun at Sammys. 

Come visit us if you're ever in Rexburg!

xo lauren

my husband is hilarious.

sometimes i just don't think i do a good enough job of displaying trav's personality on this blog. it's like he's just one big mystery man that i say is handsome a lot. it's selfish of me really, because travis definitely has a one-of-a-kind personality. without further ado, here's a post to better showcase my husband. 

a few favorite gems from travis this week:

one morning as i was sitting on the floor doing homework, travis pounced on me like a gorilla, pinned my arms down and began scratching my face with his man scruff. a very uncomfortable me cried out, "ow! that hurts! no! in answer to my cries he replied, in a very gorilla-like way, "grunt. no. i'm dominant. grunt grunt."

after bring play-scolded for poking me again and again, and again he said, "but you're not mad at me yet. that means i can do it a few more times" 

 when i asked our married friend blake if he is planning on teaching his future son to golf, travis intercepted the answer with, "psh. is the pope catholic?"

while i was brushing my teeth, he came up behind me while i was in front of the mirror, placed his hands around my waist and said, "you're so little right here". my day = made. 

just after a sneezing fit, "sometimes i like to think my sneezes are gunshots."

{insert sneeze-inspired gunshot noise}

in devotional this week the speaker was telling the audience about his dear sweet wife who struggles with  muscular dystrophy. my heart reached out for him and his family, and i leaned over to travis to whisper, "trav, what if one day i got muscular dystrophy?" he leaned back, concentration on his face, then replied "then i would come and talk about it in a devotional". 

i can always count on him {smile}

i love that guy. 

Hey its The hubby here!

Here are some pictures of my LOVE'S awesome BIRTHDAY!

You are the best and I LOVE YOU!!!!
And I think the WORLD of you!

Just getting things started!

She loves her PINK balloons

Porter Park. A pretty chill place.

The "Birthday Happy" sign

This is who I call Awesome Arianne! Yep its because she and her Husband Bad-A-Chad are AWESOME and a Half!

A MAN'S JOB!

Heather's Awesome Bike!

Oh too many cool people to NAME!

MadiSON & Mo-Mo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!

This is TRUE!

trav's birthday weekend

travis had a birthday, shout hooray! i wasn't sure what i was going to do for his birthday at first, but once i started planning- i couldn't stop! travis is too cool to only have a one-day birthday, so i gave him a whole weekend. it was the best weekend of my life!
for birthday surprise #1 i decorated

fun fact: i ran around frantically to do all of this before travis came home from work. blowing up all of those balloons by myself = useless/tired lauren all day long. i was a worn out sack of lard!

for birthday surprise #2 travis received his first brown paper package tied up with string.

sunglasses, a swim suit and tickets to go canoeing the next day! woooooo!

fun fact #2 due to the rain that graced us all weekend long, the lakes were flooded, and the trip was canceled. canoe quadrant = LAME. the only lake that wasn't flooded had a triathlon happening that day. could you imagine us canoeing alongside the swimmers? i could. i was ready and willing. and really excited to canoe. {sad face}

for birthday surprise #10* i proclaimed to travis exactly what i loved about him.

fun fact #3 i actually went back & added three times as many post-its seen here. at first i thought i was done, but i realized that i had more things to write on my post-its! that's when i know i have an incredible guy--when you can't stop thinking of ways he's wonderful. {cheers!}

birthday surprise #12 we had some cute friends over for cake & cupcakes

fun fact #4 travis forgot to make a wish. bummer!

birthday surprise #13 we hit up buffalo wild wings {our favorite ever!} for wing night.

*birthday surprises 3-9 were silly, little things strewn out across the weekend. a few of them were presents {including that honking TV!}, one of them was a dance & song {performed by yours truly}, one was absolute free time to study without being bothered by the wife {i'm so terribly kind, huh?}, and one is inappropriate to blog about.

basically this was the best birthday weekend of my life!

i love my big 23 year old!

peace & love

lauren

the telly

i didn't go into much detail in this post about the new television,
i'll do that now {smile}.

heck yes we are keeping it! it's huge! ha & trav has wanted one for so very long, he's been very patient. i just thought it was so funny how he got it while i was gone for the day... little sneak.
the only qualm i have with the telly:
i have been picking up extra cash for a while to save up money for trav's birthday at the end of May, i was planning on getting him a TV. but the kid went and bought one without me! he got it for several hundred dollars off so it was definitely worth it, but it was a birthday surprise ruined! though i'm very terrible when it comes to birthdays, so maybe i had it coming.
we had a movie marathon yesterday in an attempt to break in our new toy; we almost know how to use the remote!
and it's name is Viz.
kloveyoubye
lauren

can i keep it?

today i came home to find a little um... surprise from travis.

first, he left me a note on the front door.

to lull me into a sense of security, i think.

"hey lauren, I just want you to know you're the best ever. I love you so much. -Travis"
cute right? he's good...

that's when i walked in the door to this:

"um it's a 47 inch. can i keep it?"

---

what the heck??
*check the details here*

psst.

it is officially nappy nap time in the t&l home.

 travis turned into a pink blob today.

i hope he changes back soon, i thought he was much more handsome before.

plus, i'm making meatballs for dinner & i'm not quite sure his new pink self has a mouth.

i suppose i'll just say a prayer & hope for the best!

love lauren

today, i had fun.

polo: aeropostale | sweater vest: charolette russe | jeans: consignment | boots: F21 | heart necklace: icing | XO brooch: from my bouquet

today, i had fun. how can you tell?

because anyday's a good day when a girl can wear a sweater vest.

word to your mother.

on this lovely morn when i skipped home from work,

trav was still in bed. 

{que the angelic chorus! this never happens.}

you better believe i jumped all over him until he opened his groggy little eyes!

and after my morning-time singing stopped, {wait for it...}

i made him breakfast. him!

this is a big deal, guys.

you must understand, this doesn't happen. ever.

usually, i dream my little head away all morning long, and the macho man brings me breakfast.

 because he is oh so kind.

i know, he rocks. 

& i should just be grateful, right?

i mean, doesn't every girl swoon for a man in an apron?

but really. this has gone far enough. 

i've tried to change, i have! 

 everytime i even think about sneaking out of bed before him, he wakes up and says, "Oh good morning, princess!" and we cuddle. and whisper our sweet nothings to each other while trying not to breathe in the other's face. and i'm secretly cursing his early-morning habits in my head.

it's a vicious cycle.

but today, i had fun

taking care of my loving husband just how i've always dreamed.

peace & love

do something nice for someone this week, i dare you!

oh and bee tea dubs, the giveaway closes this saturday at midnight. don't forget to enter & win cute stuff!

three months

i've been married to my favorite man for three months now

& it just seems like only yesterday i met him after psychology,

and thought he was oh so weird.

glad i got over that phase in our relationship! {smile}

to celebrate our three months of marital bliss,

trav wanted to go bowling.

he rocks at bowling {learned it all from his gran}

but i'm kinda stinky.

anyhoo

here's how-to-look-good-bowling

brought to you by T-rav.

step one: be an extremely attractive male.

step two: get in the zone.

step three: the wind up

step four: the funny profesh bowling leg thing.

i don't get it, but trav rocked.

so it must help.

also, i think it helps to roll the pant legs like Danny Zuko.

it's athletic, and retro. oh, and power ranger.

step five: strike!

that's my man!

mama was proud.

oh yeah, i was there too.

 in highschool i never really liked bowling,

but it's lovely to always have a date that makes anything fun.

happy three months to t & i!

peace & love

look what i found

wanna know why i have a crush on trav?
because when i point the tip of my nose up with my finger & make piggy noises,
he doesn't think i'm the dumbest thing alive.
he doesn't tell me to stop being silly.
he doesn't even point out my boogers.

this was during our engagement. basically, i'm madly in love. mmm.

"good morning princess!"

mmm yes. good morning to me.

my sweet husband made me breakfast in bed.

because he is the BOMB like tick tick

& because he loves me. mmm!

please excuse my shame,

i get kinda "buuutidon'twannagotopier1withoutshoooes" type o crazy in the morning time.

have you ever been given breakfast in bed?

doesn't it rock!?

i love this picture.

justtttt throwin' that out there.

bee tea dubs,

trav bought a new used car.

it has red interior so yeah, it's an oldie.

but that's ok. cause we're bringing red back into car fashion.

ohhhh baby. it's gonna be hot-t-t!

i tend to sleep in.

travis tends to wake me up.
his tactics have gotten a tad extreme...

good morning to you too, pookie.