The Holidays

I am getting SO excited for Christmas! I've already done some shopping and started wrapping presents! We put up our tree and decorations the day after Thanksgiving :) This will be mine and Spencer's second Christmas together and also our second Christmas living together! For Thanksgiving, our two families got together at the Mumford household in Draper, it was nice to have everyone together and not have to go to multiple houses. This was the first year that I have contributed to the meal, I made homemade macaroni and cheese and I thought it was delicious!
















Presley always knows who will give her treats! Grandpa! He can't resist her begging ;)












Family photo! (minus Butch)














This weekend we went to see the Christmas lights in downtown Ogden with my family. They all came to Ogden on the Front Runner. We went to dinner then walked to the park. We had a great time even though it was freezing! We forgot to grab beenies for ourselves and luckily there was an arts and crafts sale at the Union Station, so we both got new beenies! Unfortunately, Spencer left his out at home and Butch got a hold of it...... Well school is almost out and then I will have a few weeks off to do some more wedding planning. Then I will start up again on January11th....but it will be my last semester! I am soooo close to being done with school and becoming a Registered Nurse! I can't wait to start working as a nurse, I am hoping to work in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) one day, but I am planning on beginning on a maternity floor. I have come to realize that I really love working with newborns, they are so sweet, tiny and innocent, I just love them. :) Sick newborns need the helping and caring hand of a nurse and I want to be the one to help them get a start on life!

What have we been up to??

Wow! I haven't posted anything all summer, so what have Lauren and Spencer been up to...
well in June we went on a cruise with our friends to Costa Rica, Panama, and Belize! The cruise was amazing! It was 8 days of fun in the sun :)
We loved getting dressed up every night for dinner and spending the days on the deck just laying out.






















The ports were awesome, in Costa Rica we went zip lining, and on a boat tour on the Tortuguero River. In Panama we saw the Panama Canal and in Belize we spent the day on a private island. The island was beautiful!










And what was the best part of the cruise??? Spencer proposed!!!!! It was at dinner on the first night of the cruise, and I had no idea that it was coming! It was so romantic :0)










In July, we went to Lake Powell with the Jones' for a week, I had never been there so I was really excited. We spent our days tubing, wake boarding, laying out and hiking on the beaches.
















We also went to Spencer's parent's cabin at Bear Lake a few times. We were able to take the dogs to the lake, which was tons of fun! The first time we went Presley was afraid of the water and wouldn't go near it, but the second time we went up there she loved it! It was hilarious, she was just running around the beach and in the water, she had a blast! And Butch of course loved every minute up at the cabin, he loves the water and exploring the neighborhood around the cabin.





We also painted a few walls over the summer, we painted 2 walls brown and the master bathroom pink!!











We loved the four wheeling this summer! we went both times that we went up to the cabin. I never knew how dirty you could get on them!











Then we ended the summer by going to Jamie and Andy's wedding on August 20th! It was a great wedding, we are so happy for them!!

Now that summer is over, Lauren is back in school full-time and Spencer is back to work. Only one more year of nursing school and I'll be done!!!

My work of Art

I love this!

No DoUbT CoNcErT

On Memorial Day, me, Spencer and Tyler and Lindsay went to the No Doubt Concert. Before the concert we all went to breakfast, then we got supplies to make our No Doubt poster(which turned out really cute, but we ended up forgetting it in the car), after that we went back home to get ready for the concert! We got to the E-center a little early so we decided to go to Chili's for dinner :) When we got to the E-center we had a separate entrance because Lindsay got us VIP tickets, so we pretty much just walked right in, no line, no waiting, it was awesome! We got into the E-center before the crowds so we just walked around and bought some memorabilia before the show started.


The show started around 7:30, me and Lindsay were so excited! The opening act was The Sounds, followed by Paramore. Both were awesome!!









But our favorite was NO DOUBT!! They played for about two hours and were just amazing! The set was all white and they all wore white for the first few songs, but Gwen Stefani changed outfits a few times. The first song they sang was Spiderwebs (an oldie but goodie) and the last song was Stand and Deliver.








Gwen looked amazing!













We love our new No Doubt bags :)

Overall the show was great!

Cabin at Bear Lake

The first weekend of May, me, Spencer and his parents went up to their cabin at Bear Lake to celebrate his dad graduating with his phd! go Mark! So me, Spencer, Presley and Butch packed all our stuff into the car and made the drive up there on friday (after I took 2 of my finals earlier that day).








It was such a nice, relaxing weekend. We just layed around the whole time, we were going to ride the 4-wheelers but it ended up raining all weekend. But that was ok, because I needed to study for my finals.










Even though it was raining, Spencer and his parents took all the dogs for walks( Presley, Butch and Copper), while I stayed behind and studied.










I even let Presley outside without her leash! I was terrified that she would wander too far and I would lose her forever, but she always came back :)

We had a great weekend and came back on Sunday so that Spencer could return to work and I had to finish up all my finals.

Britney Spears concert

Well I don't really know how to organize pictures on here... Anyways last night me and some girls from school went to the Britney Spears concert with the opener Pussycat Dolls! A few days before the show we all got together and made cute Britney shirts, which by the way were way cuter than any of the shirts that we could have bought at the show. So before the show we met up at The Spaghetti Factory and had some yummy dinner and then rode the trax down to the Energy solution arena. It had been raining all day but that didn't damper our moods! we were so excited! And the concert ended up being the best concert I've ever been to! I loved every minute of it! The only part that disappointed me was the fact that Spencer wasn't there with me :( but it was a girls night so he didn't end up going with us. But it was a great night!

Spencer's 24th Birthday

Today was Spencer's 24th birthday and his dad's birthday too! I took the day off to spend it with him, we went to breakfast, then we went over to his parent's for the family birthday party.

Spencer and his dad blowing out their birthday candles

While there, we ate quiche, fruit, pie, and had Mimosas! Spencer opened some presents...notice his new shirt ;) his family all noticed how nice he looked and asked if I had dressed him(which I did).

We also hid easter eggs for the kids. We had a good time and Spencer had a great birthday :)

The little lady is jealous of Butch's bone.

Presley tells us all about how butch has taken her bone.

Couples Quiz

♥ What are your middle names?Ashley and Huntsman
♥ How long have you been together?August 2008
♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating?2 weeks
♥ Who asked who out?He asked me out
♥ How old are each of you?22 and 23
♥ Whose siblings do you see the most?His
♥ Do you have any children together?No
♥ What about pets?2 dogs!
♥ Which situation was/is the hardest on you as a couple?Spencer is a hunter and i'm a vegetarian
♥ Did you go to the same school?nope
♥ Are you from the same home town?Nope
♥ Who is the smartest?It depends on what it's on
♥ Who is the most sensitive?me
♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?chili's or pizza
♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?Las Vegas!!
♥ Who has the craziest exes?me..for sure!
♥ Who has the worst temper?neither
♥ Who does the cooking?me
♥ Who is more social?depends on the social circle
♥ Who is the neat-freak?me
♥ Who is the more stubborn?me
♥ Who hogs the bed?Presley
♥ Who wakes up earlier?Me
♥ Where was your first date?his house, watched a movie
♥ Who has the bigger family?me
♥ Do you get flowers often?No
♥ How do you spend the holidays?with family
♥ Who is more jealous?neither, spencer was jealous of my lab partner...haha
♥ How long did it take to get serious?the first night
♥ Who eats more?me
♥ Who does/ did the laundry?we do our own
♥ Who’s better with the computer?Spencer!
♥ Who drives when you are together?Spencer mostly