Day at the zoo

Marty and I have been putting in a lot of hours at work lately so we decided to take full advantage of our day off and spend some quality time together at the Hogle Zoo! We had a great time walking around looking at animals from all over the world. It was also fun to see how much the zoo had changed from what we remembered as kids. There's a lot of construction going on at the zoo right now, unfortunately the penguin exhibit was not there because of it :( I know, it broke my heart a little. One of the additions to the zoo were some robotic dinosaurs that we found more distracting than cool, didn't everyone come to see live animals? Not fossils? Well maybe it was just us...

Here's some of our favorites from the day:

Marty's favorite of the day 

Sweet baby elephant... 

I love the silhouette this monkey made.

The Giraffes were my favorite of the day. 

This ostrich was very territorial..

I don't know what these are, but I thought they were cute. 

Einstein monkey

Crock

Mr Turtle

Camel, bet you can't guess what song this prompted me to sing.. 

We totally understood how this poor llama felt, it was an extremely hot day. 

I think he seriously wanted to eat me for a snack. 

This little baby monkey was highly entertaining to watch. He helped us end our day on a high note. 

Great day at the zoo! Check that off our list! 

*Heads up: the robot dinosaurs seem to be a big hit so the zoo is extra crowded this summer. 

Yogamazing

A few months ago I rediscovered a podcast I had subscribed to on my itunes called Yogamazing. I had probably found it during one of my night owl discoveries of the past. I started doing the routines and I was amazed by how great I felt afterwards! Consequently, I became obsessed! Yoga may sounds weird to anyone who's never practiced it before. I always thought of it as something weird vegetarian-treehuggers liked to do (no offense if you are a weird veggie-treehugger :) I think they are actually pretty great people). However, yoga is something anyone can do! I even get Marty to participate with me sometimes, he loves the way it helps sore muscles after a long day of work. So since I'm such a great little yoga-woman now, I had to buy a mat to feel legit. The best part about yoga as a hobby/ work out routine is that it is very inexpensive. A decent mat is about $20- I got mine at Target, and if you just use a yoga podcast like I do then your workout videos and instruction are free!

I'm very much a beginner, so this is about the only "cool" thing I can do ↓

Say hello to my new best friend ↓

This is my mat, I got the "zen garden" design. 

This is to show the brand. I went with this one because they are environmentally conscious and their mats are made of more natural materials (and lets be honest, I thought the mat was cute;).

I love how I can just roll up my mat and take it with me anywhere. Since I am currently working as a nanny, I do yoga to pass the time while the baby sleeps. Yoga is an excellent strength building workout as well, sometimes I get my trashed kicked by yoga! 

So here's my shout-out to Yogamazing!  

Check it out, you wont regret it. 

The host Chaz Rough is amazing, you get used to his corny jokes pretty quick too ;) 

Now go Eat.Pray.Love. and Yoga! 

~ And happy 7 months of wedded bliss to Marty and Me ♥

Dear husband,

Marty, thank you for all you do. Thank you for taking care of me when I am sick (especially this weekend). Thank you for running out to get me a smoothy when my throat is too sore to eat anything else. Thank you for always being willing to help me with every thing. Thank you for listening to me. Thank you for believing that we can always make our relationship stronger and better. Thank you for teaching primary on Sunday because I couldn't make it. Thank you for going with me to family parties and blending right in. Thank you for watching dumb chick flick shows with me, especially the bachelorette. Thank you for taking the time to text me cute things while you're at work. Thank you for making sacrifices for me so I can finish my degree. Thank you for encouraging me to be my best. Thank you for listening to me vent. Thank you for camping in a tent in our living room with me all last weekend. Thank you for not thinking my blog is dumb. Thank you for making me laugh. Thank you for kissing me before you leave every morning- even though I'm a zombie. Thank you for being my very best friend. Thank you for loving me unconditionally. Thank you for always taking my side. Thank you for going on walks with me almost every night. Thank you for taking me on drives to beautiful places I've never seen before. Thank you for sharing your point-of-view with me. Thank you for always making me feel lucky. Thank you for showing me what love is. Thank you for going along with my ideas. Thank you for marrying me. Thank you for always making the best out of every situation. Thank you for always being honest with me. Thank you for sharing stories of your past with me. Thank you for dancing with me. Thank you for calling me beautiful on my ugly days. Thank you for taking care of the cars because I have no clue about mechanics. Thank you for working hard to provide for our family. Thank you for your prayers and your priesthood. Thank you for doing yoga with me sometimes. Thank you for giving me so many things to be thankful that I don't want to stop writing. You are my hero, my friend, my love, and my companion forever. I know life is only going to get crazier, and I am thankful every day that I found you to fight the battle with. Thank you dear sweet Marty, I love you more than words.

Love,

your wife

Wendy Abbott ♥

Engage-a-versary ♥

You've probably noticed by now that I find a way to celebrate every landmark day in the history of Marty & Wendy. I don't think that is a bad thing at all! Everyday should be the day that you celebrate your love. Right? So as you may have guessed from the title, today marks one year since my sweet Marty proposed to me :D It's so funny how fast the time being married has gone by and how s-l-o-w the time being engaged went by...

If you want to read how he proposed you can click here, or just go to the "our story" tab.

↓Below are a few of my favs from our engagement pictures :] 

Yay love! ♥

Celebrate your love this weekend :) 

Meet baby Isaac

This little dude is the reason I've been so busy lately! I am with him from 8AM-6PM 4 days a week. But isn't he so cute? I really think I have the best job right now. I get to be his nanny for at least 6 months maybe longer. His mom Nichole had to go back to work from maternity leave and his dad was recently deployed to Kuwait for 6 months. They are an awesome family. Luckily everything worked out and we can be an answer to each other's prayers.  Little Isaac is 3 months old and he is teaching me as much as I am teaching him.

I'm teaching him all about penguins.. of course. 

We go on lots of walks. 

He is so sweet when he sleeps, which is a lot.. 

He's got me wrapped around his little finger.

I'm glad I'm getting some real experience with babies, we don't plan on kids for a few years but at least I'll feel like I kinda know what to expect :) I'm learning a lot more humility and patience for sure. 

Marty's been working 60 hour weeks with JBP! I miss him :( Hopefully training ends soon so I can have my hubby back! However, we are feeling so blessed, so I can't complain... The Abbotts are busy bees right now, so if the blog gets a little neglected, that's why :] 

Scratch & Sniff

Well we finally decided to add to our family. Last night our family grew in numbers by 2. We brought home two adorable healthy baby girls...

Of course they're adopted, what gave it away?

They came home in these little boxes. On the way home we decided on their names because sniff kept sticking her nose out of the holes and smelling everything, and scratch was a little less curious but she still scratched the sides of her box. 

Meet Scratch 

& Sniff! 

Scratch is an albino fancy rat.

And Sniff is a hooded fancy rat. 

See how she looks like she's wearing a hood? 

There's a little bit of sibling rivalry...

But they are already learning to play together. 

Scratch is a big fan of the carrot on a string game. 

"I has a carrot" 

They're adjusting nicely to their new home.

Except I need to figure out a way to make the food dish not become a stage instead. 

We are in love with our two little girls

 ♥ Scratch & Sniff.