drinkin beer and wastin bullets

The week before I headed up north to nearly Canada to visit that hunk of a boyfriend of mine, he and his bestie went out to the national forest and went shooting & mudding. Typical Montana style guy fun. Since then, we'd been planning to go when I was there. So like the first day I was there we headed to DJs favorite store ever, Scheels, to buy him a brand new shotgun. He's like a kid in a candy store in there, I swear! I did find a pink 9mm that I might have to get eventually, but really I was just there for moral support. So we took his brand new scary looking gun home, got some hotdogs and the heavenly ingredients that make up s'mores and packed the truck to head out the next morning. 

We woke up EARLY (and by early I mean 7 am) and hopped in the truck. The truck we had just washed the day before- hint: it didnt stay clean for very long. The national forest is about an hour away, right past Monarch where we almost got stranded last time. 

When we got out there, it was COLD. Like really cold and windy. Luckily I had my trusty pink North Face to keep me a little warm. We hit some mud on the way there which was so fun. We started shooting at cans and bottles and I'm basically a pro. A pro at not hitting anything. I did destroy this Sprite can, though. 

Then we decided it was time for some hotdogs. We tried to light a fire but the wind kept putting it out before it was big enough. So we tried again. And again. And again. No luck. We ended up shooting off the rest of our rounds and taking some gangsta pictures before we headed to another spot. 

We hit some more mud and show and it was seriously so fun. Dj's whole truck was falling apart though- the dashboard is broken and pieces we're flying everywhere, the visor above my head kept falling and hitting me, my coffee kept spilling, but yolo it was so fun. We also got stuck a few times. 

At one of the spots we stopped to "play" in the muddy snow, Dj let me drive. We'd been doing donuts and going crazy in that spot for a good half hour, and I figured it couldn't be too hard. Well, I drove about ten feet and we were stuck. So that was fun. Once we got pulled out of that, we stopped at a few more places and kept trying to light fires, but the wind was so bad everywhere we went. So Dj and I made s'mores without the marshmallow- basically a chocolate and graham cracker sandwich. Oh and I polished off a whole bag of hot Cheetos. Typical. We had smores for breakfast Tuesday though, so it's okay.

In all, it was a good day. Even though we didn't get to roast hotdogs or marshmallows, I almost froze to death, and I had to pee outside, it was still fun. I'm so excited to head back out there this summer when it's not so cold and a little more green! :)

Do you like the outdoors? Or are you more of an indoorsy person?

the surprise

Well, as many of you know from my tweets leading up to the big day, I surprised handsome in Montana a day early. He got home from work Thursday and thought he was picking me up at the airport Friday morning, but really I was already there Thursday when he got home. I'm sneaky, I know. :)

The plan was to have his roommate pick me up at 12:30 when I landed, and he would get home a couple hours later. I flew from Phoenix to Salt Lake City with a 40 minute layover which was a terrible idea, because 49 minutes is barely enough time to get across the airport + board. And of course my luck the gate I arrived at and the gate I departed from we're at opposite ends of the airport, typical. 

After running to my second flight and getting on the plane, my nerves started to settle in. What if he figured it out? What if he wasn't surprised? I figured he'd call me when he got to his truck (like he always does) and instead of saying he was on his way home he'd say he was going to the store or to run errands or something. Not that that would be terrible, I just figured that the one time I wanted him to hurry home he'd have a bunch of stuff to do! 

But when I landed in great falls and turned my phone off of airplane mode (by the way they let you use your phone the whole time now- you don't have to put it away during landing and take off) I had a text from him. He said he was going to be home in about 15 minutes. And I was still on the plane. Cool. I really wanted to beat him home, and luckily I did. But barely. 

When we got to the house I ran to the bathroom to get some mouthwash and before I could even get my breath minty fresh I heard his big loud truck pulling i to the driveway. At this point I was so damn nervous I was shaking and shit. Chelsea and I we're watching out the window waiting for the perfect moment for me to run out there. As he was walking down the sidewalk to the house I ran out and yelled "hey handsome!" And I could tell he was so confused at first. It was awesome. He just smiled and was so surprised and I ran up to him and jumped into his arms. It was perfect! Best part- I didn't even trip when I was running to him. Which is a big deal, you know?

I couldn't have asked for a better trip. It was short, but we still had an amazing time. I'm thinking I'll dedicate the next few posts to my Montana adventures, so stay tuned!

Have you ever surprised a loved one? How'd it go??

montana update

Oops, I told you guys that I'd be announcing the Ten Favorite Things topic today, but I still have a few things to sort out, so that'll come tomorrow! Sorry! For now, here's what I've been up to.

Handsome left for work this morning, so I have a few days to myself (boo), but I guess its a good time to catch up on blogging/reading. I've been slacking since I've been here, and my heart hasn't been into my blog as much as it should be, but I'm just trying to spend as much time with him as possible. So if that means that the blog has to take a back burner. that's okay with me. But I do apologize, and I promise that I'll do as much as I can in the next few days while he's gone to get back into it! We have some exciting things coming up! Don't forget about January's Ten Favorite Things link up on the 7th! Also, I have something exciting for you all on New Year's Day!

A few things:

one. Handsome and I have just been relaxing, really. We went on a date to a little steakhouse here and then saw Catching Fire (finally). It was so good! And I got to wear my Hunter boots finally!

two. I'm pretty sure Handsome's basement is haunted. It looks like its straight out of a horror movie. He ven calls it "the conjuring basement" like in the movie. Ugh...that's where the laundry is.

three. I mentioned that I read The Fault in Our Stars and that really got me in the reading mood, so I borrowed a book from Chelsea called Riptide and I just finished that one, too. Holy cow that book was intense, and I loved it! I love any type of crime thriller novels. This one was good, I definitely recommend it! We're going to head to Barnes & Noble tomorrow to get some more books, so if you have a suggestion, let me know!

four. Handsome let me drive his truck last night to go get us food. I made Chelsea come with me and I was scared shitless because I've never really driven it before, and I'm used to my tiny little lancer. And of course, I had to do like four u-turns and pull into a driveway the size of a pretzel stick to get to where we were going. But I made it! So that's the most exciting thing happening in my life right now...

five. Chelsea and I got our nails done today. That was an experience.. They messed up her toes and my nails, and then we found out it was $55 just FOR A MANICURE! Uhm, excuse me. Take this shit off. I almost died and now I'm really broke. So that's good..

six. I couldn't share what I'm listening to with you last week because it was Christmas, and I have a special surprise for next wednesday, but I just have to share with you two of Jake Owen's new songs because I'm obsessed and they're amazing. Enjoy!

Basically, I don't have much to share (obviously). I'm just enjoying my time with my man and soaking it all up before I have to head home in a couple of weeks! I'm having such a good time and I really like Montana. Every time I'm with him I'm reminded of how perfect life's going to be when I can finally live with him! I can't wait. He's such a sweetheart, and I'm the luckiest girl in the world! 

He's the sweetest right?!

If you'd like to start the new year with a new design, check out my design site!

Also, with the start of the new year, I really want to focus on writing things that you guys love to read! So, I want to hear from you: what kind of posts do you like to read from me? Is there something you'd love to see more or less of? Let me know! And be honest! I know that this is my space and I can share whatever I want (and I'll always do that), but it would be helpful to hear from you!