firehouse subs.

Today we went out on a limb and tried a new sandwich place.  

Best.  Idea.  Ever.

Firehouse Subs in Orem was an attractive little place with Dalmatian textured tabletops and red everywhere!  On the countertops, on the chairs, on the walls, on everything!  It was charming and masculine at the same time.  T loved the place.  What man wouldn't love a sandwich place that was founded by firemen themselves?  Doesn't every little boy want to be a fireman at some point in his life?

The sandwiches we ordered were massive.  I don't know how T downed his large sandwich in one sitting, I could barely get my medium-sized one down.  

Oh how they were delicious.

 Oh Spring Break how I wish you'd never end.  I love having a clean house, hot breakfasts, having time to make healthy dinners, and spend time with my handsome hunk.

Though I do miss my kiddos.

But this Spring Break has been unforgettably fun already.

Spring Break

Spring Break started off with a perfect pizza picnic with T.  

We used our BlackJack Pizza coupon and grabbed our favorite pizza- the Mediterranean.  It's taken some serious hunting to find a place that makes our favorite pizza.  We eat pizza at least once a week.  

At least.

We have a pizza fetish.  Which means we also have to put in some serious exercise hours during the week.  So worth it.

After picking up our feta, olive, and tomato perfection we headed up Provo Canyon to our spot on the hill in the park.  

I got to have this charmer all to myself for the evening.

Pizza and Root Beer.  They pair so well together.  You can't have one without the other.

The next two days we spent dyeing eggs, being with family, and remembering our Savior during the Easter holiday.

Grandma bought some neat-o Easter egg dyes this year.  We tease her that she buys the cooler ones as we get older.  This year she bought a speckling kit and a color foil kit.  

Our metallic/foil eggs turned out the neatest...

Then we got our speckle on...

The mama, grandma, and Karen came to dye eggs with us too. 

Then the Madsen fam had our annual Easter egg roll.

I was soo close to winning this year.  So close.  I'm pretty sure I've never won the Madsen Easter Egg Roll.

Misty beat me out this year.  I came in a close second.

Overall, it was a happy Easter.  The sacrament meeting talks were fabulous.  We love our Savior and I am grateful every day for his sacrifice for me.  I know that I would die for my Savior, but even more than that, I'm willing to live for Him and give my entire life to service to Him.

Happy Easter.

Spring Forward

I hate it when Daylight Savings comes around in the spring.  Last week was torture trying to get up on one less hour of sleep. 

It's amazing what missing one little hour does to the body.  In short, I was exhausted by the end of the week.  Which meant a lazy Saturday morning was in order!

And I did just that.  I slept and read in bed until 10:30 this morning.  That's the latest this body of mine has stayed in bed for a long time.

It felt good.

But it felt even better to drag myself out of bed and make some breakfast for my hard-working husband who had been up all morning doing homework.  We ate one of our favorite meals of broiled grapefruit and peanut butter and banana toast.

Delish.

Then we headed out to Home Depot to grab some garden soil, pansies, seeds, and other miscellaneous gardening items.

We took our goods home and started spring cleaning around the outside of our little duplex.  It was the perfect spring day to mow the lawn, clean out the shed, plant flowers and our the first rows of peas of the year, and start our little herb garden.

We finally got our little shed cleaned out (thank goodness we didn't take a "before" picture).  It was a disaster before we sprayed it down and got everything else cleaned up inside!

We decided to go with pansies this year to plant.  After experimenting with a lot of different flowers in our flower beds in the past, we decided it was time to pick a hearty flower that didn't need a ton of sun on the northern side of the house.  

Yellow was the winning color of pansy for the pots along the front steps.

My dashing husband was such a good sport during the entire process.  He mowed the lawn, carried the enormous bags of soil on his shoulders to raise the flower beds, and planted and watered right alongside me.  

I love how hardworking he is.  I never wanted to marry a super lazy husband.  And I didn't!  He's always up for an adventure and enjoys everything outdoors with me.

We prepped the garden boxes for planting later this spring and put in the first rows of peas this year.

The new thing we decided to attempt this year is an herb garden.  We started off with planted basil and cilantro (the main herbs we use at our house) and we'll see if they end up growing.  Hopefully we'll be eating fresh pesto in the coming months!

It was one of the best days we've had together in a while.  It was so nice to just be together and enjoy each other's company on a Saturday.  

We didn't have any other plans.  We didn't have any baptisms to go to.  We didn't have any pressing duties.

We just enjoyed each other.

Happy Spring.