Two years..

2 year anniversary...

April 8th, 2009

I can't believe it's been two years! These past two years have been wonderful, by far the happiest of my life. I am so blessed to have married such an amazing man. I don't know what I'd do with out him!

It's been a while blogging wise for me. I don't have the time to do it!!! I have been so dang busy with everything lately, any free time I have I spend it sleeping. I just got called as Relief Society President and it has been a lot of work. It keeps me busy for sure. :) Matt is the best assistant EVER! He has helped me so much already. He's constantly by my side, willing to help with anything I need. THe only reason why I have this calling is because he is so supportive and amazing. I couldn't do it with out him.

Matt is still in school....he's finishing up his pre req's and will be done about this time next year. We have been thinking more about Medical School, and are keeping that in mind along with PA school. Matt will be applying about this time next year, and it is exciting to think about where we will be for the next chapter of our lives.

I am still teaching 1st grade, and loving it. My kids are so dang cute. I can't believe this school year will be over in three weeks. It's crazy!! It has gone by SO fast. I will miss my kids. They have taught me just as much if not more than what I have taught them. It is amazing to see the growth they have made throughout this school year. It is such a rewarding grade to teach because they come in to first grade not being able to read and barely write, and leave reading and writing. It's amazing!! I have been so lucky to have the job I do, in the town I do. I didn't realize how hard it is to get a job around here. It seems like everyone and their dog (@BYU) go in to education, and everyone and their dog wants a job. I got really really lucky.

We had a relaxing Easter Sunday today. I made my first ham!!! It was pretty good! This was the first year (besides our honeymoon) that we haven't been with family on Easter. It was kind of sad. I missed being home with my family. However, it was nice to have our own private little dinner together, with just the two of us. :)

24 years OLD!!!!

I can't believe it, another year has passed and I am now 24. How in the world did I get to be so old? I'm in my mid 20's! AHHHH how did that happen? I still feel like I'm 18...time flies! I had a fun birthday here in the berg with Matt. My birthday was on Friday, and we celebrated all weekend long. It was a blast.

Matt surprised me on Saturday. We went to this resturant we have been wanting to try since we have lived here and some of my good friends were there to celebrate! It was so much fun. I just love these girls, I have made some pretty great friends here!

My cute new boots Matt got me. He did this shopping ALL BY HIMSELF! I didn't even give him a hint at all. He did a great job if I do say so myself. He also got me a nike fit which is awesome, some new running clothes and a couple dresses. :)

There are wayyyy to many candles on this cake!

He made this cake the night before and was up half the night decorating our apartment and in the process of decorating, he fell and accidently crushed the first cake he made, so this was literally an all night project. The cake was SO GOOD! I could have eaten the whole thing by myself.

He surprised me at my school on my birthday and brought my kids cupcakes! They were so excited. They love when he comes to visit. They all want to show off for him and show him all the cool things they can do. They wanted to sing songs for him that we have been learning and it was so cute. We went outside to eat the cupcakes and ended up playing a mean game of tag with the class. It was fun. I love my kids.

On a more depressing note, this is how we have to dress whenever we leave the house. It is SO COLD here. I have never experienced weather like this. This morning it was -30, so school was cancelled (which was awesome, I'm not complaining about that). However, I am really sick of wearing 12 layers, a hat, gloves, face mask, snow shoes, snow pants, and goggles every time we go outside for crying out loud!

COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phil didn't see his shadow this morning, which is great.... HOWEVER, I'm sure winter will be here for at least 4 more months. AT LEAST. Locals say that it has snowed on the 4th of July here before. Please pray that that doesn't happen this year! A girl can only take so much. Running outside is a complete joke. They don't plow their sidewalks at all and the whole time I feel like I'm going to fall on my head. I wore those spike things that go over your shoes and that seemed to help a little. The gym was closed here today so I was forced to run outside. HOLY COW. It was miserable. I had about 20 layers on and a scarf that covered my entire face with only my eyes poking out. My face felt like it was going to freeze off. I won't be doing that again any time soon! Well it's off to bed, hopefully school will be canceled again tomorrow. :)

Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!

What a fun Christmas break!! We enjoyed our two weeks off in Utah, and it is now very depressing to be back to real life in Idaho. I wasn't ready for my break to be over! However, I missed my kids so much - it was so good to see them again. They were so cute and all excited to tell me all about what Santa brought them. I really have the best job in the world! Here are some pictures of our break and what we were up to.

Happy New Year- THE kiss(es)!

Oh my gosh. Lisa and I were laughing our heads off. She is hilarous. So if you can't tell, we both showed up to my family new year's party wearing not only the same shirt, but the same jeans as well...so of course we had to take lots of silly pictures. Matt and Ben were also matching-they weren't as amused as Lisa and I were, obviously.

Me and my boyfriend.

Sisters.

Lisa bought these awesome hats, so naturally we had to take pictures with them!




Happy New Year!

Strike a pose!! My mom was wearing the same color shirt!!

My mom got the boys matching Jazz sweatshrits and tickects to the Jazz game. We were joking around saying how funny it'd be if they all wore them to the game together. Well, the girls went shopping early that morning, so we didn't see them leave...but, when we got home-sure enough, they all wore them to the game! Cuties.

Shopping and lunch with the girls, a favorite tradation of mine! We have been going shopping the day after Chirstmas for a couple years now, and find THE BEST deals ever!! Lunch at Cheesecake Factory, YUM!!

Christmas Eve....

Reading a Christmas story to the kids.

Cutest little thing!! I can't belive how big she is getting (not physically, but age wise) she is such a little bean...I just love her so much!

Out to dinner Christmas Eve...

We were lucky enough to have Matthew home with us this Christmas. He had to come home from his mission for a bit for medical reasons. Hopefully he will be back to Boston soon!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!! :)

Another reason....

why I love Matt so much....


He's an amazing cook...he made Cafe Rio chicken tortilla soup the other day, it was AMAZING! Here's the finished product:

He knows how much I hate cutting onions, so he pulled out his handy dandy oxygen mask and exam gloves and got to work...

He told me he did this the other day (when I was at work, so I wasn't fortunate enough to see it) and I was dying laughing. I can just imagine him home alone, cutting onions, wearing gloves and an oxygen mask. What a sight to see!

Happy Birthday Matt!!

Matt's birthday was last week and he is now 24! I can't believe it, we're getting so old! We went home to Salt Lake for Thanksgiving and since his birthday was the day before Thanksgiving, we celebrated in Utah. We went to dinner at Olive Garden and then to see the movie 127 Hours, which was AMAZING. It was a fun day!

24 things I love about Matt on his 24th birthday:

1. He is the most unselfish person I have ever met.
2. Such a hard worker
3. He's very Driven
4. He's smart and has big goals I know he will accomplish.
5. Athletic
6. He's my personal cheerleader, and I know he would do anything for me.
7. He cooks dinner 75% of the time :)
8. He's a neat freak (yes!)
9. Best foot/calf/back rubber in the world
10. Can make me feel better on my worst day
11. He loves kids and kids love him
12. Spiritually Strong
13. He's going to be an amazing dad and is excited to have kids someday
14. Cuddles me to sleep every night
15. Tells me I look pretty in the morning when I wake up (when I KNOW i don't!)
16. Drives me to work on snowy days
17. He makes me oats and a protien shake every morning at 7 before I leave...even when he doesn't have to wake up for anything.
18. He scrapes all the ice and snow off my car and warms it up for me in the morning (in the FREEZING weather) before I leave.
19. His "butt chin" and jaw line :)
20. His long eyelashes and sexy self
21. Sensitive, understanding, forgiving
22. He can fix ANYTHING (including earrings)
23. He's my work out buddy
24. He's my best friend


...just to name a few. I just love Matt so much, and am SO THANKFUL I married him. I dated a lot of dorks back in the day and I am so glad that I finally met a real man that treats me the way every girl deserves to be treated. He is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am happier than I have ever been, and I feel like I am in such a good place in my life right now. Every day I realize how lucky I am and how grateful I am that he is in my life. I don't know where I be with out him. I love you honey! :)

October runs...

October is THE GREATEST time of year for running. It is SO beautiful. Blue skies, changing leaves, the smell of fall in the air, and just cool enough, but not cold. One word pretty much sums it up: AMAZING!!

I went for a run today after I got home from work and I'm not kidding, it was the best thing I have done all day (quite possibly all week!!!) . There's just something about running that makes you feel so good-during and after. It is my "ME TIME" , my therapeutic time...just to run and clear my head. Just me and my ipod...perfect. As I was on my last mile or so my ipod was on shuffle and the song "what a wonderful world" by louis armstrong came on. The sun was setting and it was so beautiful...what a perfect time for that song! It made me think and appreciate all the beauty around me. I am so blessed.

If anyone is considering taking up running, I urge you to do so NOW! October is the best time of year to start!!!!

You will be hooked, so don't say I didn't warn you!!! :)

Happy October everyone!

Provo Half Marathon.

Last Saturday was the Provo Half Marathon. It was so much fun! The run was beautiful. We started out at the top of Provo canyon, and ran down to the riverbottoms. It was so good to have Matt there waiting for me at the finish line! This was the first race where he was there. The other marathons I did when he was on his mission, so he just heard about them through letters. Even though it was just a half, it was so good to see him at the end! :)

Right before I crossed the finish line! 1:57:30 :)