a 'just because' gift:

I just want to talk about my husband for a second. He is really one of the best gift-giver's I know. His gifts are really thoughtful, mostly practical, and sweet. So the other day, he told me that he had a gift for me. I opened it up, and it was a canon rebel. My very first SLR! and it's not even Christmas yet! He said it was a 'just because' gift because he knew I was feeling un-inspired lately. Yikes, he really raised the bar for 'just because' gifts.

Now don't get me wrong, we don't go buying each other expensive things like this all the time.. and we didn't get a wedding gift for each other so I'm partially putting this toward that. :)

Anyway, I thought I'd bust out my old camera and

do one last shoot .. taking pictures of my new camera!

REBEL!

Turning it on for the first time, so magical!

Nick also said he would take a photography class with me. Isn't he the best? I've been wanting to take a photography class to learn how to use a slr camera.. & I love taking classes with my husband (we took a letterpress class together last year!)

I am just reminded everyday of how blessed I am to be married to such an amazing guy. Not because he gives me cool presents. Just because he is my best friend, we always talk & laugh together and we love spending time together. I love being married to him!

a GLEE surprise:

i have to share my weekend update with you, though this was a couple weekends ago. so i like glee. i think it's a great show. i read some twitter controversy going on a while back about how they auto tune their voices and everything, but i can't carry a tune so i'm not a stickler when it comes to these things.

nicholas told me he had a surprise for me, and i had no idea what it was. he just said it was on a thursday evening and that i was really going to like it. i tried guessing and thinking what it could possibly be.

so we're in the car and i happened to call my older brother to ask him a question and as i was saying goodbye, he was like, "wait danni are you going to see glee now?" and i was really confused. lol. i replied "glee? what are you talking about?" to which he replied, "glee. aren't you going to see it tonight?" i said "bro, what do you mean glee? like glee the tv show? like you mean a glee taping?" lol. this continued for a good 2 minutes. neither of us got it. he didn't realize it was a surprise, and i had no idea what he was talking about.

then it hit both of us at the same time. i realized and was filled with such excitement i was like, "ohmigosh, i gotta go!!!!" and he was like, "oh wait, never mind. i don't know what i'm talking about. ok bye!" haha. the whole time nick was just about to die listening to our conversation and hearing the surprise spoiled.

i got off and looked at him and asked if we were seeing glee?! he said he got GLEE IN CONCERT tickets a couple months ago! i was SOO excited, it was the best surprise ever!

the concert was in la at the gibson amphitheatre at universal studios.

they showed all these classic glee quotes before the show started.

they sang all my fav's, including defying gravity and bad romance.

the entire glee cast was there, it was legit. during the performance i thought "i can't believe i'm here seeing all these glee people in person! this is unreal!" hehe. so all that to say, i have the best fiance, soon-to-be-husband EVER! ;)