Manning Up: December 2011

Tonight I have a date with mark. I know, I know shocker! You would think after almost two years of dating that i would stop getting nervous butterflies every time I we go on a formal date but no. . . they are still there. In fact I don't think we every quite got out of the honeymoon stage. He still treats me like I am the best thing since Sunday naps (lets face it I am . . . joke, joke!) and I still look over at him when we are sitting on the couch and think "how did I get so lucky". AND I'm hoping that this feeling never goes away.

Anywho I love you Mark Manning! you zany kook you

(At the Oregon coast this summer)

Not the point of the post though. Tonight I have been asked on a date to go to a very fancy restaurant in downtown Salt Lake. After that we are going to walk around Temple square to see the lights.

I think it will be a truly magical night.

So I'm going to try and fit a smorgasbord of information into this little post. First off thanksgiving. One word to describe it. . .RAIN. My family always goes to Seaside, OR for thanksgiving. We have been doing this since before i can remember. We never lived near family and decided to do our own thing for Thanksgiving. It is one of my most favorite holidays and this year I got to bring Mark! boy was he in for a treat. So i blame the RAIN this year on Mark. to explain i must back track a little. Mark has accompanied me on a couple north west excursions. Mostly back home to Gig Harbor and twice to my families beach house in Oregon. Every SINGLE time he has come the weather has been just peachy. And he ALWAYS says the legendary NW rainy weather must be a myth.

Enter Thanksgiving. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR! so my conclusion is that the Northwest was listening to mark the whole time and decided to save it's rain and get back at him over thanksgiving break. But besides the rain (which i didn't really mind that much. . . ok i loved it) break was nice and cozy. The WHOLE family got to be there especially my estranged sister who lives in DC (Joking! she is not actually estranged i just say that because i never get to see her). As well as Omi (my dad's mom) she is a saint.

Hear is a little snapshot of the break

treats and snoozin (off Jen's iphone)

Mark reading about the sexiest man alive (Bradley Cooper)

The rain stopped long enough for me to snap this pic

Two pictures above are payback because neither of my lovely siblings gave me any picture to work with! (translation: jen get me your pictures! you have been warned )

Mark and I heading home

Misty clouds and the Boardwalk

Next on the list is vampires. I know all my faithful followers are wondering what ever happened to those twilight premier tickets I thought were too good to be true. Well it was all true! And i am sure all you twilight haters will be rolling your eye balls at me when I tell you I loved every single second of that movie. I admit not the best movie ever. (KT i know you are disagreeing but remember Giant shark vs. mega octopus. . .ya or Fast and Furious) Side note: i learned the hard way that Fast and Furious and THE Fast and the Furious are two very different movies.

SO ya i saw the movie during the day while all the other fools had to wait till midnight. Suckers! Although i thoroughly enjoyed my sister's story of the men in the back of her theater yelling "Do Work" during the honeymoon scene. We didn't have anyone like that in our theater. In fact mark was very much in the minority. What a trooper for planning this evening. Which also included free chipotle and my first trip to IKEA.