Half pipe.

On our way to Moab, we found the most ghetto and legit half pipe ever.
So naturally, we whipped out our longboards and tested it out.
Honestly....I couldn't do jack squat on it, not only because I was wearing sandals, but I'm kind of a wimp and it looked toooo sketchy for my rookie skills.
But B had a fun time messing around.
Aaaand we got some sweet pics...so I'll consider our pit stop a success.

A vacation and a winner.

The boy and I are headed out to Moab today.
I've been looking forward to this trip for forever.
Starting off the summer vacays with a bang!
And did I mention I survived finals?!
And that I literally stood in a 2 hour line to even get into the testing center?
Unreal.
I was tiiiiiicked.
Something's gotta change BYU, something's gotta change.
BUT I'm alive and free and excited to announce the winner of the phone case!!!
Thanks to all that entered...you guys rock my world.

And the winner is (via random number generator)....*drum roll please*

Julia Rose!!! Yippee!!!

Email me baby boo and we'll work this ish out!

Dear Mr. Sanfy

Dear Mr. Sanfy,

Thank you for bringing me lunch and dinner all during finals week, being stuck on campus all day is the pits and you're the best for making sure I'm fed.

And thanks for the watercolor you painted last night with the big "riki" and too much paint and not enough water on it. I know you didn't even finish, but I still loved it.

And thanks for being spontaneous with me. Like when it was 8:30 at night and I had finals to study for and 2 talks to write and complained about wanting to go buy shoes instead of doing all the crumby work I was doing. It's cool that we booked it to the mall and bought matching chucks before closing time.

And thanks for taking care of me while I've been sick these last few days. I think your hand could have fallen off from that hour long back scratch and head massage you gave me until I fell asleep. And thanks for insisting that we cuddle tight all night, then waking up early to make sure we were cuddling when I woke up.

And thanks for the "I love you sexy butt" text you just sent me...I love you too, and that butt of yours is  equally sexy.

Can't wait till tomorrow is over so we can B-slap finals in the face and say goodbye to school forever! (or until august comes around).

Xoxoxo,
Your wifey.

I'm in love with my husband.

Today, B & I gave a talks in sacrament. 

I wish you all could witness my husband at the pulpit. 

It is UNREAL. 

He is such a natural speaker. 

Not to mention the sweetest words he said about me. 

Seriously almost made me cry. 

We also spoke at a stake youth fireside tonight. 

This was my absolute favorite. 

We got to go to the pulpit together this time and talk about how great marriage is. 

For some reason, today was such a great day. 

I thought it would be the most stressful day of my life,

(you know...giving two talks in one day in the midst of finals and all). 

But somehow this day managed to be one of the best. 

I'm so in love with that husband of mine. 

Something about listening to him speak just filled this little heart of mine and was a huge confirmation that I married the most amazing person. 

He is the best example to me and makes me the happiest person alive. 

Sorry for sappy post,

but I'm so in love right now and just so happy that Mr. Blake Sanford is my hubby hub. 

He really is the best.

I love you lover boy!!

Two months say, whaaa?

The last two months have taught us that B hates the word poop, the living room is a better bedroom than our actual bedroom, the gas bill is begging us to run the heat less, Star Wars marathons are the best past time, and ignoring piles of dirty laundry is what we do best.

It has been a gooood two months. But don't get me wrong...there has definitely been some rough patches. Merging two selfish lives into one selfless marriage is tricky stuff... cuz let's face it, up until you get married, the majority of things that you do is to benefit yourself...what should I buy, what should I do. And now, all the sudden you're expected to turn the I to US?! Just like that?! That, my friends, is not done flawlessly. At least not for us! (and for you flawless couples out there, write a book about it, educate the world, and make millions). But hey! That's the fun part, learning and growing together, right?! And not to mention birth control...I literally started to cry at the thought of getting a dog. My emotions are crazy loco. Crazy loco, kids. You can imagine those rare (or not so rare) moments when B is wondering when his "cold hearted, non-emotional" woman turned into the mother of all womanly hormones herself. Yup, that's me.

But what I'm saying is this. I. LOVE. MY. HUSBAND. For all the happy times and hard times and frustrating times and funny times and baffling times and boring times and arguing times and sexy times and just all times, all the time. Happy two months Mr. Sanfy! Maybe after 5,000 years of marriage together we can write a book about how to have a flawless marriage and educate the world on all our attained knowledge and then make millions together. :)

It's a GIVEAWAY!

I'm freaking stoked to announce the very first giveaway here on On the Reals!

I've been thinking about a giveaway for a loooong time and man, I've got some good ones in mind for you.

But todays?
A free "Society 6" iPhone case of your choice.
(compatible with an Iphone 4, 4s, and 5)

I bought mine about a year ago and fell in love. 

I even bought the same exact case when I upgraded to the 5. 

Not only are they totally unique, but they are sliiiiick. 

Zero bulk, whatsoever. 

I'm in love, and totally want to share the love with you.

Here are some of my favs...there are literally millions to choose from so it was supes tricky to just pick a few.
To view all phone cases click here.

To enter:

For one entry: 

Follow On the Reals via Google Friend Connect 

(on left side bar...just click "join this site" to follow)

For two additional entries: 

Re-Post giveaway on one of the following...

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**Leave a comment that says you "followed", "re-posted", or both :)

Giveaway ends on April 25th, 2013 @ midnight!

One winner will be chosen at random and announced Friday morning.

Good luck my friendy friends, and thanks for reading!

Oh, and here's me and Mr. Giraffe.
Clearly my own phone case should make an appearance on my phone case giveaway...
Right?
Right.

THE save the date video.

One thing that I super wanted for our wedding was a legit video to be able to watch when we're 80 years old. 

So...we hired THIS chick because I L.O.V.E her work, aaaaand she's the cutest thing on planet earth. 

I'm not even kidding, she was so easy and fun to work with.

Luckily we got bomb weather in December...whaaat?

And our good friend Eric (who runs the canyon express up Provo Canyon), let us borrow his rad bus.

But getting ready for this little video shoot was a tad stressful...

What do we wear?

What backpack should we bring?

Do you even know how to drive a bus?

Are we even allowed to drive a bus?

I hope we don't look dumb on film. 

What dance moves should we do?

Is this too many bracelets?

Beanie or no beanie?

Crap, where the heck is my longboard?

Seriously you guys...we couldn't even decide what marshmellows to buy...there's like 20 different sizes these days! 

Not to mention, B's idea to bring a bunch of his shoes came at the last second. 

Did you know he keeps all his shoes in their boxes? 

We were hauling boxes like crazy people into the car, then into the bus, then we had to unpack them for the shoot, then line them up, then put them back in their correct boxes, then back into the bus. 

It was a shoe nightmare. 

But hey. 

It was totally worth it. 

We seriously had the best time shooting this thing and pretending like we were movie stars for a split second.

Can't wait to show this thing to all our kids and grandkids one day!

"mom...you wore hightop wedges??! Gross."

Jk...hopefully they'll think we're the coolest parents ever and then beg us to go longboarding with them.

Riki & Blake: Save the Date from Haugen Creative on Vimeo.

Movie by: Haugen Creative
Music: Baby I'm Yours by Breakbot

In honor of my boy being home...

In honor of my boy being home, I made him his favorite raspberry rolls with cream cheese frosting...

Made them look nice with a fancy homemade card, that is.

A special thanks to Shirley's Bakery for making the best rolls ever, and for those plane pilots that flew Mr. Sanfy home in one piece. Distance definitely made my heart grow fonder.

So happy to have my hubby home!

Details of the wedding day.

Last night, I was looking through a whole bunch of wedding pictures, and I found these little cuties...

Oh ya...we were puuumped. 

I think that they are some of my favorite pictures from the 5,000 we have of that day...no lie, we were soooooo stoked and happy to be married!

So as I was looking through all of these pictures, I started to get sad. 

Sad because the day was the best day ever. 

And sad because the day came and went way too fast!

But don't worry, in my reminiscing I started to remember all the funny things that happened prior to walking out of the temple and thought I would share.  

1. I woke up, only to find out that I had lost my dad's tie that he was supposed to wear that night. Had to go on a frantic search to find a new one! Sorry Dad!

2. I forgot to do my nails...so the mum painted them while I got my hair done.

3. We all got to the Mount Timp. temple only to realize that no one grabbed my wedding dress! Whaat?

4. We're about to walk into the temple and my mom goes to get out her recommend, which wasn't there and still chillin at our house. 

5. We're giving our information to the workers and bam...B gets a bloody nose. 

6. I'm praying the entire time that I don't get a hot flash and start to sweat at every pore during our sealing. 

7. While waiting for our turn to get sealed, someone comes up to B and asks "Now son, are you sure about this?" just jokingly, of course. That boy of mine replies "ummm, ya. I think so."

uhhh-huuuuh, what was that babe? You thiiiink so??

Solid answer to give 2 seconds before we're about to be sealed. for. eternity.

8. The second B and I walk out of the room after being sealed, he and I start fist pumping and cheering and I yell "WE DID IT!" to the little lady that was helping us. 

She didn't didn't celebrate with us. Just hushed us really quickly. We totally forgot we were still in a super holy and sacred place. :/ oops. 

9. I got all ready in my dress and everything and literally spent 10 minutes waiting for B to finish getting ready. Ya, I know. Isn't the groom supposed to wait for the bride? Hahaha all the temple workers were laughing at me, "now you just remind him of this day when he's waiting on you to get ready, you hear?"

All in all, it was the best morning ever. Seriously, all of this happened and it wasn't stressful or frustrating or anything. Just pure happiness.

Definitely the best day of my life so far. 

Oh! And good news. B's bloody nose stopped right before we got sealed and came back right when he got into the dressing room. 

And I didn't even get a hot flash :)

The church is true and the book is blue, kids!

aaaaand, here's a video that B and I took right before heading into the temple :)

Complete with some background Chris Brown music for your entertainment. 

My fav day is not my fav.

Conference Sunday!!!

Lounge all day. Cuddle up. And be spiritually uplifted.

Don't forget the sunny walk and family luncheon between sessions followed by an honest attempt to stay awake through the entire 2:00 session. 

Who doesn't love Conference Sunday?

Meeee!!!! At least right now I don't. 

Pardon me while I have a pity party for myself. 

Starting right now. 

Have I already mentioned that my husband has been gone for a week?

And that my family is in California on vacation?

And I have been stuck in Utah giving class presentations and writing 9, yes 9, school papers?

It has been the pits.

So I've been all alone on this conference Sunday. 

Laying in my parents bed, writing papers (currently working on a 15-page beast), and watching conference. 

Not to mention...my current state of watching what I eat like a hawk. 

Reason being?

Huge dance recital in 6 weeks.

My costumes mixed with my regular habits of eating ice cream every day is just noooot gonna cut it. 

Which is resulting in me not being able to eat away my loneliness and that's adding to my grumpiness. 

But in happier news!

I'm loving conference. 

AND!!!!

MY LOVER BOY COMES HOME TOMORROW!!!!

Can I get a who-rah?!

I'm missing my man :(

Blake is on a week long business trip. 

His work sent him to Atlanta and New Orleans for the final four conventions. 

Cool right?

Wrong. 

I miss him so much!

We (yes, me AND him) are pretty much pathetic. 

We've probably said "I miss you so much!" via texting like a ba-jillion times. 

We're pretty much miserable without each other.

I found these pics of us from my freshman year in college when I was 18!

I swear we didn't date. 

Just hung out alllll the time. 

We weren't even friends with benefits. 

 I know, serious as a heart attack.

Didn't makeout. 

Didn't kiss. 

Didn't even cuddle. 

or hold hands. 

or hug longer than 1 second. 

Don't ask me how I was able to keep my hands off him for like...way too long.

We just liked to hang. 

And do things that couples do...

Like go on the Sundance moonlift ride.

(while we sat on opposite sides of the lift)

And watch movies till 2 am together.

(again...opposites sides of the couch)

 And for some weird reason, we would tell each other everything about our love lives.

I wouldn't even get mad when he would stop by to say hi and hangout with me before going to a different girls house. 

What strange times. 

But I must admit, I'm glad we were friends for so long before we dated. 

That's how relationships are supposed to start, right?!

And here's another one of us that I found!

But we're dating by this time. 

And B has a zit on his forehead the size of Canada. 

(I don't feel bad for posting this, the kid literally has flawless skin and pops out one of these big mama's like... MAYBE twice a year)

Rumor has it, Canada has made it's yearly appearance on B's forehead while he's been gone. 

I'm not even kidding you guys,

I can't wait to see my boy in a few days...even if he brings Canada with him.