The Man of My Dreams...

- A husband who loves me
- A husband who sings off key
- A husband who helps me with the dishes
- A husband who helps me with the laundry
- A husband who shovels the driveway
- A husband who takes out the trash
- A husband who cooks amazing meals for me
- A husband who motivates me to be healthier
- A husband who tickles my arm when we are snuggling
- A husband who kisses me on the cheek
- A husband who values intimacy
- A husband who pushes me to do better in school
- A husband who works so hard to support me, even when he is feeling sick or injured.
- A husband who values and practices romance in our daily life
- A husband who puts his arm around me at night when I am shivering
- A husband who encourages me to get up in the morning even when he is tired and I am being stubborn
- A husband who bear hugs me when I come home from a long double at work.
- A husband who allows me to have freedom in my life and trusts me to be faithful.
- A husband who values tradition during the holidays just as much as I do.
- A husband who plans ahead and is always making goals for our future.
- A husband who loves his own family and puts up with mine. :)
- A husband who is accepting of ALL different types of people and always treats people with respect and kindness (even when they may not deserve it)
- A husband who knows how to stand up for himself
- A husband who knows how to be in touch with his inner child. :)
- A husband who encourages me to share and practice my talents.
- A husband who helps me to find healthy ways to express my own emotions (ex. smashing dishes. Ha!)
- A husband who is always planning and communicating with me about how he would like to raise our children.
- A husband who tells me I am going to be a good mother.

and last of all...

- A HUSBAND WHO LOVES ME 100% FOR ME AND MAKES SURE I KNOW IT EACH AND EVERY DAY!!!!!

Love you sweetie!

Airs

AMAZING!!!

So if you are a musician even to the slightest degree, you will appreciate this. And probably if you are a mother as well. This kid is wicked awesome!! Ha! He is SOOO passionate about the music! I want to love classical music the way this kid does...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0REJ-lCGiKU

PLEASE just take a minute to watch. And don't miss the end because it is the BEST PART!!! :)

STRESS vs. THE HUMAN BRAIN

So I am officially the most stressed out I have ever been in my entire life (and for those of you that know me well know that that is a pretty serious statement! :)

On top of 23 credit hours of school (including an opera and a pretty intense practicum for music therapy) I am also working 40-50 hours at the most emotionally stressful job I have ever had. I am also trying to apply for music therapy internships and get all of my graduation paperwork through, and I am trying to prepare for a concerto recital in November. AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I have honestly hit a point where I think that this is physically and emotionally impossible! 

So today, I had a slight break down and just decided that I didn't care how many things were on my list to do today, I needed a break! I skipped a class and went to one of my favorite coffee houses in Logan and just sat and people watched (one of my favorite things to do). It was SO relaxing and therapeutic for me! Then, I went home and grabbed my bike and rode to one of my favorite and secluded parks that I know of and ran for about 45 minutes around the park as hard and as fast as I could. (Completely exhausting, but SOOOO amazing!). After running so hard that my whole body felt like jello, I crashed on the grass and just sat there lying in the sun for about another half hour and just thought some things through that I had been pushing out of my mind for so long. 

Ultimately, this is the realization that I have come to. I LOVE THE HUMAN BRAIN!! (maybe a weird statement, but it is just how I feel). It is amazing to me that no matter what we may be going through in life, if we choose to take the time to think things through and really evaluate our own feelings and sense of belonging, our own minds can be an amazing healing power that can carry us through anything. 

I am so grateful for thoughts! I am so grateful for our ability to think through our emotions and problem solve and find solutions. I will tell you what, whoever or whatever higher power we all may believe in really did know what he was doing when he made the human brain. Ha! And that is all the random ramblings I have for the day! Love you all!

Birthday Surprises

I honestly don't even know where to start this blog post. I have felt so blessed this week with amazing people who surround me every day! 

I'll begin by telling you it was my birthday this last weekend, and knowing that my husband could not get off work I didn't think too much of it. But Tyler's mother (being the amazing women she is) had other plans. She called me on my birthday and said that I needed to come over to her house for a birthday bash! Ha! I obliged and it was SOOOO FUN! It was just me, Nanette, Ty's little sister Erika, and her best friend Hailey. We went to dinner and then went back to Nanette's house and ate cake and ice cream and just ended up being silly ALL NIGHT LONG! Ha! I think when Tyler finally got off work and walked through the door, he was probably completely overwhelmed with crazy girls overdosed on sugar. Ha! It was such a great night. 

Now, here is the really amazing part. I have been wanting a piano of my own for a VERY LONG time now! Tyler and I have tried looking, but have not found one within our price range yet. Well, Tyler's mom sat me down and tried to talk me into letting her buy me a piano for my birthday. However, there was no way that I was going to let her do this after everything she has already done for us this year. So I talked her out of it saying that we just didn't have room in our apartment. A few days later, I came home and had a conversation with Tyler about what his mother had said. He told me not to worry about it because he told his mom to use the money she had been saving to buy him a kitchen aid to buy a piano for me.

WHAT!!!!! First of all, Tyler has been wanting a kitchen aid since the beginning of time! He had been expressing SO much excitement about it for the last few months because he was so close to getting it. At this point I was completely shocked and didn't know what to say. I began to try to talk him out of it and mid-sentence he stopped me. He looked me in the eyes and said, "Arianne, I have a hand mixer that will work just fine and besides I would give up anything just to hear you play the piano and sing in our home on a daily basis. I don't care what you say, we are getting you the piano."

Well, I started balling (yes, I know I am a cry baby! When you have a husband like Tyler it doesn't seem to take much).

Pretty much at this point I just feel like I don't deserve to have a man as amazing as Tyler, but I am definitely grateful for him and all that he does for me! 

I LOVE YOU TY!!!!

Bloggers Block

So yes, it is true. I am not such a great blogger. I mean, I LOVE to read other peoples blogs! I guess you could call me a blog stalker! Ha! But definitely not so good at the writing aspect. I love to write! I just have a hard time letting all 15 of my readers look at my horrible writing skills. I have never been great with words, but I do think that having some sort of documentation of memories is important. Since I am not great at journals, I need to at least try to be better at blogging. So here we go... catch up time!

So Tyler and I are still happily married. Ha! I'll tell you what, marriage is definitely an adventure; but being married to Tyler is like an extreme adventure filled with complete silliness!! Ha! I think the number one thing that I have enjoyed about being married to Tyler is that I am constantly laughing. Now, I know what some of you may be thinking... (Tyler is always quiet and reserved). Well everyone, YOU ARE WRONG! Ha! Tyler is one of the most fun and hilarious people I have ever met. Don't get me wrong, marriage isn't all just peaches and cream. Every once in awhile we get a random raisin that lands in our pie (ha! I know that was a ridiculous analogy). But I truly think that that is one of the best parts about marriage. Having problems to solve together! :)

Let's be honest people, everyone fights with their spouse at one time or another even if it is just a small disagreement. I think that part of what defines a successful marriage is whether you and your spouse can come to terms with how to disagree appropriately and in a way that helps facilitate a solution. Even if that solution is to just to be ok with disagreeing. I love the fact that no matter what stresses are going on in our lives, Tyler and I can ALWAYS lay down at the end of the night, talk about our day, and fall asleep knowing 100% that the other loves us and is there for us every step of the way.

Ok, on to some new news. Tyler and I both FINALLY quit the Ruby Tuesday Restaurant world! Both of us were getting really frustrated with the corporate business drama and control and we needed out. Tyler is now happily the cook at two different privately owned restaurants: Cafe Ibis (still) and Aggies Grill. He loves both jobs and really respects the people he works for. I have also moved on to bigger and better things. I am now working at a center for troubled teen girls called UINTA Academy. Granted I have only worked like 2 weeks, but so far I love it! I think that it is going to be hard at times to stay emotionally UN-attached to the girls. Sometimes I get too attached to situations like this and I end up taking all of the emotional stress upon myself. I will keep you updated on my UINTA adventures though. I might have some pretty good stories coming. 

Well, I have written a novel now (which most likely not one of you will read), so I will bid you all farewell. I will try to do better about updating. Love you all! Keep on keepin' on!!!

Frustrations...

So I have officially lost all interest in school and everything related to school. HELP!!!! How to I get my motivation back! Especially when I am practically failing my Music History class and feel no need to fix this... I swear, finishing this double major will be the end of me. GRRRR!

Old News Update

So, I have been very much putting off this grand adventure of updating my profile. I guess the wedding, honeymoon, Christmas, and Valentines are just really overwhelming in my mind. However, here it is everyone (meaning the 5 people that might read this blog. Ha!)

I will start out small and hopefully post more another day... But to begin,
THE WEDDING DAY

Here are some of the bridals that our amazing photographer Cassie Mickelsen took! She really is unbelievable!!!

Beautiful right! Here are some of my favorites from the actual wedding...

Daddy walking me down the aisle

Sisters against brother

 

Kissing my new husband!                                          

I absolutely LOVED my cake!

My adorable blue shoes. YAY!

Ty is mysteriously handsome... yummy! :)

Well everyone, that is the end of our little love story wedding. It really was beautiful and I cannot thank all of the family and friends that helped make it one of the best days of my life! I really am grateful that I found someone as amazing and absolutely perfect for me as my husband Tyler. I was able to marry the man of my dreams and ultimately.....

LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

Puppy Love

So, at the beginning of yesterday I was thinking that Valentines Day was going to be a complete failure. I wanted to spend time with Tyler, but because I had to work from 10:45 - 5:00, I seriously did not think V-Day was going to turn out too great. Lo and behold though, the universe had other plans for my V-Day.

Tyler picked me up from a hectic and busy day at work, we came home and on top of the cute dress, flowers and amazing lamb dinner Tyler had made me for Valentines, there was a 4 month old pit-bull terrier puppy who ran up to our house who was in need of some special Valentines love. Turns out he was lost. He was malnourished and had a 5 pound towing chain around his neck from his previous owners. Tyler and I took him in, fed him and gave him lots and lots of love through the rest of the night. We have been trying to find him a new home, but because of our crazy schedules and our ridiculously jealous other dog we had to take him to an adoption center today. Trust me, I was completely heartbroken. I was balling! Ha!

Even though this fun little adventure of ours didn't work out exactly how I wished it could have, ultimately I hope our Valentines surprise finds a good home. Anyway, That is the story of the day. And in honor, here is a picture... Love you puppy!