Skip To The Good Part

This post is a recap of the past week, please excuse the picture quality-- all photos were taken on my phone, and I am sure the camera had nasty fingerprints on it all week!!

Riley drove into Provo on Monday all the way from North Carolina; that's a 36 hour drive y'all!

I was so excited to see him. It was my first day of work and I didn't get off til 9. 

I didn't think he was going to get into town until about ten o'clock, but he actually got in at six. SNEAKY!

He went to my house and got Lauren's help setting up a plan...

He walks into Jos. A. Bank at 8:15 and leaves a note for me. 

It was an invitation to meet him at The Happy Sumo for dinner after I got off work. 

As he was walking out my manager figured out who Riley was (since work was slow and I talked about him) and he let me leave early. 

Riley had a dozen red roses in his truck; he had planned to wait for me to meet him at the restaurant.

We ate some delicious sushi!

On Tuesday we went to Ogden to play with CapriLee and Hayze.

This girl is the sassiest! She wanted to eat at Costa Vida, so we all went to lunch together.

 On Wednesday morning I cut Riley's hair and then we bought some sunscreen and snacks and went to Seven Peaks. They almost didn't let me in with my cheez-its, but then the guy said "Oh, you must be hypoglycemic, have fun!" I didn't ask questions...

We rented a tube and did all of the slides; Riley's favorite was the one that he rode backwards--should have seen his face.. he thought he was dropping to his death! It was a lot of fun. 

We headed to Salt Lake for the He Is We concert and ate at The Cheesecake Factory first.

The menu was literally a textbook, so with a little guidance from our waiter we got some delicious food. 

Riley couldn't get enough of the bread, but I think he liked the butter more.

I ate about a quarter of my meal and then Riley ate some of it, but I ate all the mushrooms off of his plate. SO GOOD! Thank you aunt Jenny for my love of mushrooms :]

We were too full to eat dessert so we got a slice of red velvet cheesecake to go. 

We finally got to the concert after I got us lost and we went two miles in the wrong direction.

South Jordan, the second band that played was awesome! They were so entertaining

Here is one of their songs

The third band should have quit before they played their first song. It was terrible, but it got everyone even more excited for He Is We.

Turns out the lead singer for He Is We is sick.. so this girl filled in for he and did a really good job.

Just kinda strange that the lead singer wasn't there. It's like going to a Taylor Swift concert and they are like- "O, hey, Taylor isn't here but this girl is gonna sing her songs".. strange

 Skip To The Good Part

Fun- We Are Young & All About US

I thought Riley just brought me to the concert because I love He Is We so much, but he was singing along to  half of the songs that they played. It was so much fun! I think we were the only college kids there. So many high school mullets. It was entertaining to say the least.. 

On Wednesday we ate red velvet cheesecake for lunch.. oh yeah, and some of the leftovers too ;]

Best cheesecake of my life. I ate all of the cream cheese icing off the top!

I don't know how three days went by so fast, but I had so much fun!

ps- The concert was two days ago and my ears are still ringing!

DIY Mint Jeans

This is my first shot at a DIY tutorial, so please don't judge too harshly and leave some comments for the next DIY post.
MINT JEANS!!

 My cute roommate is quite the photographer!!
 I refused to be cute in these pictures, because she made me change out of my sweatpants :(

For those of you who follow Lauren, you already saw a post about our awesome mint pants.
Here is a step by step tutorial with what to do and what not to do!
1. Purchase a pair of white pants, preferably a cotton blend.

2. Wash and dry them like you would your normal laundry.
3. Pick a color from this awesome RIT color swatch link. There are color tabs at the bottom of the page that you can click through and then just click the swatch you like for the color mix measurements.
Here is a screenshot of the mint mix: 

1/2 teaspoon of Teal RIT dye and 1 teaspoon of Lemon Yellow

These are the powder versions, I found them at Hobby Lobby

Wear gloves and be very careful because they color will stain everything!!

4. Measure two cups of hot water and mix measured amounts of dye into the water. Stir consistently until ALL the powder is dissolved, otherwise you will see yellow and blue spots on your pants like I do. oops!

5. Fill a bucket or a sink with hot water so that the pants are completely submerged with room to move around. Then place the pants into the water and make sure all the fabric is completely soaked (for even coloring). Again, I FAILED! In this case, bigger is better. I recommend a mop bucket, not a tiny sink.

6. Pour in color, giving it one final stir just to be careful. Then mix the color into the water very quickly to avoid spotting. This is crucial. No time to stop and take cool pictures like this one, we learned our lesson. Just use your gloved hands to mix it. 

7. Make sure to really move the pants around or you will have light and dark spots! Not good!

8. Let it soak for about 15 or 20 minutes and then rinse the pants in warm water and progress to colder water with every rinse. You want to rinse until the water runs clear. 

9.Then wash the pants SEPARATELY, unless you want to destroy some of your clothes by adding them to the same wash.. The choice is yours, really.  

10. While your cute pants are washing and drying wipe everything down with bleach otherwise your Mom will probably get mad at me for posting this and causing you to destroy her sink and countertops!! 

11. Wear those cute pants and love 'em, and when people ask you where you got them-you can say, "I dyed them myself, No Big Deal!" Very impressive!!

Summer Bummer

No, this summer has not been a bummer. . . I use the word bummer to describe myself as one who bums. 

I have spent the last month successfully doing almost nothing. I am not proud of this statement. 

I finished my Junior year at BYU and moved into a cute house with Lauren. We decided to stay here in Provo. 

I just BARELY got a job at Jos. A Bank. Still haven't started working. I have never been so broke in my life.

I have spent my days cooking pies, stir frys, and cookies. 

I also sewed some new items. I plan to post pictures of those items soon. 

I just got back from a trip to Oklahoma for Megan's graduation. I can't believe she will be here at BYU in the Fall. It was great to be home for a few days with the whole gang, and the sno cones were legendary!

I just spent the last 4 hours changing my blog layout and I am sick of sitting at the computer, so until next time.

Look forward to posts about cute outfits, cute nieces and nephews, and a cute boy!