five things

if she wants to take a picture, she'll walk over to my purse and say "cheese, cheese"... I get the point. it's pretty hilarious though.

the quiet jar in action. totally doing it's job. 

We played chemist with C-man! I taught him about primary and secondary colors and he practiced mixing them! it was so much fun!

our apple crates! we were trying to work out a time with the lady that we could pick them up but she wasn't available when we were and visa-versa. before heading up to Big Springs to take some family pictures, we decided to do some exploring in consignment shops just for fun. We went to My Finer Consigner in Lindon off state street, and found lots of awesome furniture that we have no room for... then we went to Mona Lisa Consignment in AF and fell in love. Aside from all the weird clothes and shoes, they had some awesome stuff! It was sort of like the antique mall, but not necessarily antiques. Anyway, we spotted these long crates hiding behind some chairs and inquired. The owner said that a cute old man makes these and sells them through her shop. So they aren't antique or authentic apple crates, but they are way sturdier and will last us a whole lot longer. We might paint them, but for now, they're functioning as a kitchen cart type thing in the dining room, filling up some more awkward space. love them.

i'm so glad devin doesn't mock me when i elaborate on the importance of taking a picture on a special day, or at a special event. this was on Oct. 8. our one-year-anniversary since the wedding he spotted me at. i thought it was something worth celebrating, so after the consignment shops, and the family photos up south fork, we went to olive garden (thanks to my awesome nanny family!). sooo yummy! i love that place. i should probably go more often. after eating, we came home and did some cleaning, found our christmas stockings online (eee!!!) and then some friends came over to watch the BYU game. it was an awesome day! i can't believe it's almost been a year since we met. it's gone by so fast, and every day has been absolutely amazing. and i totally mean that. every single day for an entire year.

(also? there were several more pictures. like 3 others. but all of them, devin was making a ridiculous face and we were laughing so they were blurry. oh, that devin ashby)