For my birthday Kody got me Toby Keith tickets which is extremely sweet of him because

a) those are pretty pricey

and 

b) he absolutely hates country music with a burning passion

What a sweetheart!

I had heard of Pioneer Day before coming to Utah. I did not know, however, how big of a thing it is up here! Pretty much EVERYTHING is closed...it is so weird. It is mine and Kody's first summer in Utah so we didn't really know what the cool thing to do was. So we just drove up to squaw peak, sat in the trunk and watched about a million different firework shows going on all over Utah Valley. It was beautiful!

 We also may have hit golfballs off the top just for fun.

It was a nice little evening. 

I have had so much fun these past six months with this husband of mine. He is just the absolute best friend I could ever ask for.

xo

The other day Tatum came over and decided to use her amazing skills to totally rock out my hair! 

YES, I did get extensions. I gave in. I have come a very long way from thinking that fake hair was a joke, to buying it myself. But I'm so glad that I did b/c I loooove them. They are just clip-ins so I only wear them when I want to be fun and/or do crazy braids and curls and stuff. 

Lets be honest, 90% of the time my hair is up in a giant bun. BUT sometimes I have a lot of fun with it.

xo

A few months ago we bought 2-year passes to 24-hour fitness (best deal in Costco history) and since then we have been going all the time.

At first it just straight up sucked because working out is hard and hurts and just wasn't fun.

But slowly I have gotten super into it and I LOVE it, I really do!

Only one problem: as soon as I get home I pig out because I love food and dr.pepper.

Soooo, things just cancel out and I end up working out 7x a week and I still don't look anything like the girls that have those fitness accounts on Instagram (pretty sure those are more depressing than motivational but whatever).

Why am I telling you this? I don't know but I needed an excuse to show you my cute workout pants so.

xo

I am for real the worst blogger ever. Not that very many people actually care b/c lets be honest, who really reads this thing, but whatevs. I am posting again so yay me!

Summer around here has been super busy and fun at the same time. Kody works at the bank and I am going to school full time + doing pictures again so things are definitely crazy but oh so happy! 

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We have become huge fans of the Salt Lake Bees (not really but we go to a lot of games so...go bees!) Also my hair isn't actually that short...it just looks like that

On the back of the Bees tickets are buy one get one free slurpees....just another part of summer to celebrate.

Hiking in Utah has become one of my favorite things in the whole world. I am not bashing Arizona, but hiking in July there is pretty much a plea for heat stroke and/or death so I am not used to being able to do so much exploring this time of year!

Another cool thing in Provo are the fun little downtown concerts they have!

We frequently hit up the single housing in Provo and sneak in to use their pools because our complex doesn't have one. We are such cool married people, I know. 

I have also FINALLY finished my crazy hair journey. So, here is the story. Pretty soon after we got married I just started feeling bored with my one-shade, dark hair (I have colored it dark since the beginning of high school. I am naturally blonde), so I decided to be trendy and get some ombre! But once I started getting lighter shades added, I became addicted until I was like "Okay, I just want my blonde hair back." So I began the long, awkwardly orange-ish, expensive (aghh so so expensive you guys) journey of going from pretty much black to platinum. Finally I have it how I want it. When I first got it done (in these pictures), it was legit grey. But that part washed out and it is good now! My hairs are such troopers because they have been through the ringer and I only had to cut a little bit off (YAY I AM NOT BALD LIKE I PROBABLY SHOULD BE :) :) :) 

Anyway. That's my hair story. 

For the 4th we decided to go find a good spot in Provo to watch fireworks, so we headed over to the stadium and ended up snagging some $10 Stadium of Fire tickets at the last minute. Go us! I LOVE the 4th, and Kody and Journey and America so it was a great time.

Kody has an especially large amount of American pride as you can tell...

xo