Lava Hot Springs

We celebrated our 3rd anniversary on December 28th by going to Lava Hot Springs; it was so much fun! We loved just relaxing, going out to dinner, soaking in the hot pools, sledding and snow shoeing. We stayed in the cutest little hotel called the Home Hotel; it was so nice. Brady also surprised me with a couples massage which was excellent! I love getting massages and it seems as though Brady always gets us a couples massage on our anniversary--I love it.

Here's Brady putting on his snow shoeing gear before the big adventure :) After snow shoeing quite a ways, we came upon this little house that is designated for snow shoers to eat their lunch and relax. So, we did just that. We ate our Lunchables and then decided to use the sleds in the house and sled down the big hill. We spent over an hour there just sledding! We had the whole hill to ourselves--talk about a good time!
Me and my favorite guy in the whole wide world
We came across this pit-stop and drank the cold, fresh water. It was amazing! I swear Lava Hot Springs has the freshest water I've ever tasted. Mmmmm!

Me snow shoeing

Brady being Brady

So beautiful--Just like the Dixie Chicks say "Wide Open Spaces;" it really was so pretty.

We had to warm up with some hot chocolate that night because it was 1* outside. Brrrrr! So cold!

Videos of us sledding; we seriously had so much fun.

I Love Christmas!

We had such an amazing Christmas; although I didn't take many pictures, I will post the few that I did take. We split our time between my family and Brady's family. We spend Christmas Eve with Brady's family and most of Christmas Day with my family; it makes for an excellent time! Every year on Christmas Day, Brady's aunt and uncle invite everyone over to their house for a big Christmas breakfast which includes anything your little heart desires. The main attraction is the fact that you can create your own omlette. Mine is below...YUMMY!

They have this process down to a science. You walk in and put all the ingredients you want in your omlette in a little cup with your name on a little "flag" that you stick into the cup so they know whose omlette is whose.

Like I said, everything your heart desires :)

The 2 chefs...Thanks Brent and Darrin for the omlettes! Now it's time for me to hit the gym!

Among the many presents that Brady surprised me with, one of the gifts I will use alot is a foot bath....Yes, a foot bath! For those that know me, you know that my feet are always cold and when my feet are cold, my whole body is cold! Brady always finds me soaking my feet in the bath or the sink (see pic below), so he surprised me with my very own foot bath! Thanks for being so thoughtful babe! I love it so much!


Me, before my foot bath. You won't find me doing this anymore.
I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

P.S. Today is our 3rd anniversary! I can't believe 3 years have come and gone so quickly. It's been a great 3 years and I look forward to many more years with the most amazing man in the whole wide world. We went to Lava Hot Springs to celebrate and I will post pictures this week. It was a great little getaway!

*LOVE YOU BRADY*

Mr. Matthews

The other day I heard that Wesley Matthews of the Utah Jazz was going to be at Fanzz at Gateway signing autographs and stuff, so I knew I had to go meet him! So, after work yesterday I went down to the Gateway (yes, by myself) and was able to meet him. I was totally nervous and kind of star struck--even though he's only a rookie, I was so excited! He was so nice and we talked for a minute and I told him that they better beat LA tonight! (grrrr, I hate the Lakers). Go Jazz!

What in the World?

So, I have to admit how much I love Britney Spears' new song "3." I seriously jam it in my car and love every second of it. As I'm listening to it and learning the words, I find myself singing "Are you in? Living in sin is the new thing." What in the world? I better listen to all the songs with lyrics like this before I have kids because they pick up on things so quickly! I'm not having kids anytime soon, but it makes me wonder when I do have kids, what kind of world is this going to be? It totally scares me!

The Many Faces of Halloween

Oh my gosh, what a procrastinator I am! I really feel like I have no time to update this blog, but I love when it's updated and I love keeping in touch with all of you, so I'm trying to be better at doing this. Things have been crazy with work and school for both Brady and I, but we are handeling it all and are excited for the semester to be over in 5 weeks!

Halloween was really fun and I wanted to post my pictures from the festivities. Every year my work has a big party so we all dress up and the little kids come trick-or-treating and we get to leave work early--all in all, it's a really fun day. Here is a pic of me and my boss; we both dressed up as pirates and didn't even plan it! I guess that old saying is correct that "great minds think alike!"

For our family party, Brady dressed up as Tiger Woods and I was his caddy. We bought body paint from Wal-Mart and this was the final product. It was really fun.

Here we are: Tiger Woods and his caddy Steve Williams. :) I carried a golf club around with me and wore a little bib-thing that said USGA on the front and WOODS on the back.

For Brady's work party, he dressed up as New Mexico; yes you heard right, New Mexico. It was funny. He cut a box into the shape of the state and glued the flag on it, the state animal, motto, etc. Everyone seemed to get a kick out of it.

The back of New Mexico

For our friend Halloween party, Brady and I just wore big afros and were "twins." We wore the same color jeans, the same watches, the same shoes and both had afros; our friends seemed to like it

Also, on a side note, we purchased Jazz season tickets this year and we have had so much fun going to the games! Some of the games we can't attend due to school, but we LOVE the Jazz. It has been a blast! My best friend Katie sits right next to us with her season tickets, so we always go to the games together. Great times!

Me and Kat Von D (Katie)

Lagoon and Family Fun

I'm trying to play catch up with my blog since I've been such a slacker. We went to Lagoon for my dad's work Lagoon day and it was so much fun! Brady is so afraid of heights (as am I), but he was daring and went on the Rocket; me, on the hand, chickened out and watched the kids instead. Maybe next year... Mindy, Dustin, Bevin and Missy. Is Bevin's hat so cute or what?
Me and my hubby--only REAL men wear pink!

Me and my mamacita

Brady loved the bumper cars

My cute nephews Koen and Kade

Nate and Gina

Grandma and Grandpa Olsen--love them!

Lounging out on the hammock at Strawberry Pinnacles, in Fruitland, Utah. It was so much fun--we loved tubing down the river and just hanging out with the family. Is there anything better than that?!

We've had a great summer; it's a bummer that school is already starting tomorrow--I can't believe it!! On one hand, I feel ready to get back in the swing of things with school, but on the other hand, I feel like I just got done with summer semester! Oh well, I am happy to be getting an education and keep telling myself that it will all pay off in the end. Today we bought our school books and that always puts a damper on the day, but oh well. :)

Sun & Fun

We are off to sunny St. George tomorrow! We are so excited to take a break and enjoy the sun. We're gonna lay out at the pool, go golfing, go out to eat and who knows what else. I really am excited, even if it is just for a couple days. School starts next week, so we might as well take advantage of not having homework, right? Other exciting news:

Our new car

Our old car, Brady loved this car SO much!

A couple weeks ago we took advantage of the "cash for clunkers" program and got ourselves a new Nissan Sentra. We love it! It's so cute and fun--we were both sad to see the Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue go (it was Brady's favorite car, next to the Dodge Spirit he drove when he was 16), but this will be a good change and will last us a long time. I even asked the salesman if it could fit 2 car seats in the back. I'm just thinking ahead for when that time comes. :)

Time to Play Catch Up

It has been a long time since I've updated our blog. Lots of fun stuff has been going on. We are both in summer school, which is time consuming, but it's good because we are both busy and feel very productive. I cut a few inches off my hair and cut my bangs again, it's a nice change, but I'm still in the midst of getting used to the length. Here are just some pictures of us...

Brady thought the fake tattoo on his arm was pretty sweet. Thank goodness it's not real.

Our cute nephew Brigden was born and we already love him so much! When I look at this picture I can't help but imagine us with a little baby (whenever that might be). How exciting! Brigden is so sweet and I love holding him. Maybe it's the "mother" in me, but I can just hold him and stare at him, he is so precious. Congrats Phil and Alesha!

We've been enjoying spending time with our family this summer. This is obviously before Alesha delivered, but she looks cute as ever pregnant.


Brady and Phil playing soccer

Me and Tanna at Katelyn's birthday party at the park. We have loved spending time our nieces and nephews...they are so much fun!!

Me and my Grandma and Grandpa Olsen

A couple weeks ago, Brady and I went to Abravanel Hall to see Joel McHale from The Soup. Oh my gosh, he is hilarious!! We watch The Soup every Saturday morning and had such a fun time seeing him in person.

While we were waiting outside of Abravanel Hall, Brady fell asleep on the grass. I could do nothing but take pictures of us! It was such a nice night and we had such a great time!

Here is Joel signing autographs. You only were able to get a picture with him and an autograph if you bought a t-shirt and they only accept cash. We, of course, didn't have any cash so we had to sneak pictures of him before we got kicked out. Oops!

Joel again signing away...

My friend, Sarah, moved to Arizona last year to be with her boyfriend (now fiance) and she came up over Memorial Day weekend so we all went to dinner together. We went to The Pie--yummy--and had a great time. I miss her so much. I was great to get together and catch up.

We were missing quite a few girls (Mindy, Missy, Chelsie, Mekensy, etc.) but we had a great time!

I also was able to meet up with another of my friends who moved to Arizona a few years ago. Carlyn and I were the best of friends when we worked at Electric Beach and then we just drifted apart. It has been so great to spend time with my friends this summer!!

My work had its annual Summer Party last weekend at Sugar House Park and it was so much fun. Here are the committee members...

Brady climbing the enormous rock wall! I totally chickend out because it was way too high for me. I was the supportive wife who took the pictures.

Me and Katie at the "Howdy Y'all" sign as you walked into our pavillion.

The summer so far has been really good! I'm glad it's finally starting to be nicer weather and we can actually enjoy it, geez!