Oh, the wonderful weekend!

We had such a great weekend! It started off on Friday, we went to a wedding reception for one of Mike's friends. It was beautiful! Afterwards, we needed to do something fun because of the great excitement that I have since school is DONE! We got dessert and quickly ran to Golfland before it closed. It was so much fun! Plus, it was a beautiful night out! We were up pretty late so we slept in Saturday morning. Saturday we went to a lizard pit at a family friends work. It was disgusting and cool all at the same time. haha, I was freaking out at how many lizards there were! On our way home we stopped at my aunts bakery in Phx for some yummy yummy mexican food. After, we washed our car out in the warm sun (Mike did most of the work while I layed out.. hehe). That night we stayed over at my parents house while they were out of town. We went to go get dessert and took a nice drive with the windows down because of the wonderful night weather that we've been having. Sunday was wonderful as well, even though we were extremely tired from our weekend activities. I love summertime.

Above, Mike and I at Golfland!
I told Tanner and Mike to do a scared face because we were surrounded by reptiles.

A project I've been working on for the week! A big H now hangs in my family room...So much fun to do. :)

xoxo, The Harrison's

precious.

hands down, i nanny the cutest little boys.

jackson (left), brayden (right)

sisters/mothers/award.

Friday, Mike went to Fathers and Sons.... in place of a date with Mike, I went on a "Sister Date" with my one and only sister Nicole! I love spending time with her! We went to her favorite restraunt In-N-Out and then headed to the Buttes Resort in Tempe to go hot-tubbing! We had so much fun and it was good to spend some quality time. I love my sister!

Yesterday was Mothers Day! What a beautiful day to reflect on all that our mothers do for us. I'm so grateful for my mom and all she has done for me and the unconditional love that she has. I always have so much fun with her and we know how to make eachother laugh! Over the years, our relationship has only been better and i'm so grateful for the great relationship that we hold! She will always hold a special place in my heart!

I added a link of a video to the post today, because on May 5, 2011 my husband was awarded from the Chief of Police for saving someones life. At about 13:45 on the video, is when this special moment happens! I'm so proud of him and his bravery in saving this mans life

http://http//gilbert.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=452

something borrowed.

i've been quite the crafty lady lately. sad to say, I have already tuned out this semester and just wanted to work on projects around the house. here's my latest creation. this was a hand-me-down... i had to make it my own somehow. haha. our home is getting more and more homely :) (not sure if that's a word...)

xoxo, The Harrison's

catchin' up

So, I feel like it's been a while since i've updated everyone on our lives...

First thing's first, we bought a car! I don't have any pictures of the car but it's a grey Honda Accord and we LOVE it. We're also going to love the gas mileage compared to the truck. We also just purchased a new scoot for Mike, the one we had just had a wimpy engine. We needed something more reliable to get to work and school for the both of our busy schedules. This past weekend was a wonderful one, after work on Friday I got to see my really good friend who's living in Australia. We went to lunch and just caught up on each others lives. ( The middle picture is me and Kelsey ). That night my husband and I went with my Dad and Grandma to the temple for my family. It was such a wonderful experience. It's amazing the peace you can feel when you're on the temple grounds. After the session, we went to Costa Vida! YUM!

^ This picture is Mike and I in the back of the truck at a drive in in the church parking lot, watching Despicable me! ^ :) we love date night!
^Kelsey & I ^

^ Haha we had to take pictures of all the cash we had when we bought our car... so just in case you were wondering... those are all Benjamins.. ^

xoxo, The Harrison's

chairs.

Soo.. this past weekend has been nuts. We have been extremely busy. It's coming to the end of the semester, we're workin jobs and today (hopefully) we will be buying a car :) We finally came to the decision that the truck was just TOO much gas at a time like this and we really need to do our best to save as much mula as we can...Mike's sad we're getting rid of the truck but luckily it's staying in the family so we more than likely will be able to borrow it. I've been having so much fun decorating our little home, it's the best! I remember going into home-y stores with my mom growing up and I did not like them, and as soon as I got my own home I absolutely love everything that has to do with a home. It's really got me thinking about going into Interior Design, seeing as the Elementary Ed thing isn't as attractive anymore. We'll see how it all plays out...

before

Here's one of the latest projects... My mom was so kind as to let us have her old kitchen chairs, but to get the style of my home, I decided to recover them!
after

stay tuned for pictures of our car.... :)
xoxo, The Harrison's

the utah thing

this last weekend, mike and i had the wonderful oppurtunity to go to Utah for his cousins wedding! We took off Thursday night straight from my class to Vegas to stay the night with my bro in law (Josh)'s friend. On the way up, my sister in law began to feel very sick so we had planned to take the following day pretty easy. The weather in Vegas and Utah was beautiful! Once we got to Utah we unpacked all our stuff and hung out with some of mikes extended family. Saturday was the best part of the trip! I was able to go to breakfast with my darling best friend, Stephanie. We went to McDonalds because that's our favorite, cheap breakfast place. We were probably gone for a couple of hours just reminiscing (*) and laughing. I miss her so darn much. Then we went on with the rest of the day to mikes cousins baseball game. You should have seen the people at the game when we were cheering all loud for dillon. We were the biggest support group there! Then it was off to get ready for the wedding... I love weddings. The bride looked beautiful and they both look so happy! I just love LOVE. I especially like being in love, that's even better :) i'm so grateful for wonderful in-laws who provided us with a wonderful, quick weekend to Utah! Here's a few pics from the trip...