Happy Birthday Mindy & Missy

Yesterday, for Mindy and Missy's birthday, Mindy, Dustin, Missy, Jen, Brady and I all met at Mi La Cai for dinner. Since I just work down the street, I arrived first and got us a table. Shortly after, Mindy, Missy and Dustin walked in and Missy was dressed like she was going to a funeral! I asked her what was up, and she said the attire was because she was getting older - can't believe they turned 28, wow times flies! I thought it was so funny for her to wear all black, bright red lipstick and a black veil over her eyes, she's hilarious. Then Brady walked in and was just looking at Missy perplexed and said "apparently Gaga has decided to join us for dinner tonight." Then Jen walked in and we all laughed a minute then Missy took the veil off and we ordered our dinner. I got my usual, the egg roll meal with vermicelli noodles and Brady got the pineapple chicken......yummy. We had great conversation and a great time.

After dinner, we all went over to Mindy and Dustin's because they had to get back home to the girls. Jen was really sweet and had ordered an ice cream cake for Missy so she picked it up on her way over to Mindy and Dustin's, so when she got there, we sang "Happy Birthday" to both of them and ate the cake, which was SO good.

It was a great night and I am so lucky to have the sisters that I do; I don't know what I ever did to be so lucky. One year for Christmas Mindy got Missy a frame that said "Sisters by Chance, Friends by Choice" and put a picture of us 3 in it. I love that saying because we are sisters by chance and friends by choice. I love them both so much and am so blessed to have them as my sisters. Happy Birthday to them!!

5 Year Anniversary

I can't believe it's been 5 years since Brady and I got married! Wow, time flies. For our anniversary this year we went to La Caille, it was so much fun. I went there once in 9th grade and remember getting all dressed up and having a fun time so I was excited to go again. We came home from work and got dressed up and headed up there.

The food was really good; for an appetizer we got crab cakes, for our entree I got salmon and vegetables with an apple walnut salad and Brady ordered the cornish game hen with vegetables, something he has never had before, and the same apple walnut salad. We were pretty full at this point, but it's our anniversary so we had to get dessert! He got the ice cream and fudge crepes and I had a dessert trio plate - it came with creme brulee, a chocolate fudge cake and some donut things, oh my gosh they all were so good. We then walked around and looked at the lights and headed home. It was a fun night and something I'll always remember.

I'm a College Grad!

Last night I gave my final business presentation and am officially a college grad! My business plan for was an all-women's running company since I really enjoy running. I wanted to focus on an industry or business that interests me, otherwise it would have made for a really long semester! The presentation went better than I could have imagined; the teachers gave me positive feedback and suggestions for things I should change. I walked out of the conference room feeling like a ton of bricks had been lifted off my shoulders, a great feeling.

I walked into my house to see that Brady had decorated - how sweet is that? I have the best husband ever, he is so great to me and I'm one lucky girl. When I walked in he sprayed me with silly string and yelled "Congraduation!" I mean, c'mon, who does that? He's amazing.

The little army men in this picture represent that "even 1,000 army men couldn't stop you from reaching you goal" and the money is supposed to represent the money I'll make now that I'm graduated. He's so creative.

I love the "great work grows here" banner.

Now that I'm done with my Bachelor's, I've signed up to get my PHR (Professional in Human Resources Certification) through SHRM. It's a 12-week course through USU which is held at SLCC. It will be a good thing for me to have on my resume so I'm excited about that.

Turkey Bowl 2011

Every year Brady and his friends play in their Turkey Bowl. I always go and watch them and take pictures. This year was great because there was absolutely no snow and it wasn't freezing cold like last year. Last year, I had hand warmers because it was so cold and there was probably 2 feet of snow on the ground, it was crazy! So, this year was a nice change.

It was "whites" against "colors" and Brady was on the "colors" team. He wore his Tom Brady jersey so it said "Brady" on the back, duh! He loved it.
Someone on his team made a really bad error so Brady wasn't too happy. The hands on the head is totally implying that he's bugged. Too funny.

Some of my friends came and it was funny because we all were wearing black and red and Utah Utes stuff. Hey, I guess great minds think alike, right?

Lo and Behold, Brady's team won and Cory made this fancy schmancy trophy for the winning team. So cute and clever.

The whole gang. A really fun tradition that I think will contnue for a really long time.

Halloween Party

We had been thinking for a while what we wanted to do for Hallowen this year and after watching the 30 for 30 on ESPN about Steve Bartman and Moises Alou, we knew that's what we wanted to do. Steve Bartman (Brady) was the spectator on the first row of the Cubs game that caught the foul ball that Moises Alou (me) "should have and could have" caught. If he would have caught the ball, chances are the Cubs would have won the World Series, but ended up losing. So sad! It seemed to be a big hit with our friends because they all love sports and knew exactly who we were when we walked in, which was good.

Our friends had a Halloween party at a warehouse which was really fun. They had various space heaters around the room, lots of good food, a projector with college football on it and some great music. It was a good time.

Katie was from Top Gun - really cute costume
Danny, Jake and Brady

Me and Erin. Erin and Danny were mummies and looked really cute.

Kristie was Humpty Dumpty because she's pregnant and looked so cute! Jason pulled off a good nerd too.

Hay!!! Cutest lady bug around.

Caribbean Cruise!

We've been planning this cruise for months and it finally arrived! Brady bought and made these shirts for everyone (cute idea, right)? Nobody knew about it so once we arrived in Florida, Brady handed them out and said we had to wear them the first day on the cruise ship. My mom and dad, grandma and grandpa and one of my aunts had already been on the cruise for a week and we were meeting them for the last week of their 2 week cruise. We knew they wouldn't be able to miss us in these bright orange shirts!!

We flew to Florida on Friday night and got there around 11:30 p.m. We all stayed up until about 2:00 a.m. eating pizza and talking in the hotel room. It was so much fun. We woke up, packed our stuff, went to get a little bit of food and headed for the cruise ship. We met everyone on the ship and they LOVED our shirts and were so excited we had arrived. The weather wasn't that great and they told us that the weather they'd had so far had been cloudy and windy the entire time - we hoped the weather for us would be better and it was.
Later that night we went to dinner and Dazzles night club for music and of course a game show. Brady was chosen to be in the Weakest Link game and he was by far the strongest link, seriously. He knows so many random things that he did really well.

Great first day for sure!

Caribbean Cruise - Day at Sea

The second day on the cruise was a sea day. We went to the gym to try to burn off the calories we hade consumed and the calories which we planned to consume for the day. My cute grandma and grandpa go to the gym every day and work out as often as they can; the cruise was no different. They woke up every morning and went to the gym and rode the bike. They are just so cute! We ate alot and played a trivia game (which we lost horribly at). I felt like we would do well, but whoa, we didn't even get half of the questions right! So funny.
I bought this big black hat months before the cruise to protect myself from the sun. It definitely came in handy :)

Me, Brady and aunt Suzi. Love her!

Celebrating my grandparents 69th wedding anniversary!! How cute are they? The cruise staff came to our table after dinner and sang the song "Let Me Call You Sweetheart, I'm in Love with You" and gave them this cute cake. It was so thoughtful of them!

Yummy cake from the cruise staff

We ate dinner at the Four Seasons which was always a great time. Don't you love Brady's hate? I think it's so cute.

My dad and Mom. I love them. My dad has THE BEST skin tone. It tans so easily and I swear he's tan all year long. I am so jealous!

After dinner everyone danced the night away! Not me, I was the photographer because dancing really isn't my thing unless I'm in one of the crazy moods. Brady would love for me to just start dancing out of nowhere, but it's just not me! Tonight I wasn't in one of those crazy moods so I took pictures of everyone. It was really fun.

Oh my gosh, I love this picture of my grandma and grandpa dancing together. They love to dance.

This night was a great way to start off the cruise!

Caribbean Cruise - Cozumel, Mexico

We got an early start this morning because we had to catch a ferry to Playa del Carmen to meet a man named Helamen to tour the ruins of Tulum. We weren't in any sort of rush until we realized we had to catch the ferry at another dock a mile or so away! We ran through the town and made it just barely in time! It was SO hot and humid that once we got on the ferry, I was not in a good mood. I was so sweaty and just felt gross so Brady bought me a bottled water and I calmed down :). This is us on the way to catch the ferry before we realized what kind of rush we were in.

Finally made it on the ferry, trying to cool down! Brady wore the shirt he did because he felt like it looked like ruins and thought it was appropriate for the occasion.
Touring the ruins, which were pretty cool actually. I wasn't super excited about going, but it turned out to be really nice weather (not too hot or humid) and a great time to spend together learning about the history of Tulum.
Really cool, old temples

Listening to the tour guide. Helaman didn't actually give us the tour, it was his son Nefi (Nephi) and he was really nice. He gave us the tour with an LDS history of the ruins and talked about the Lamanites and stuff. It was really cool.

I wished I had brought my swimming suit because the beach there was so pretty and the water was too, but we didn't plan for it and didn't have enough time.

We stopped in the shops and looked around and enjoyed the experience. I bought the cutest Mexican bowl that was handmade and painted in the most vibrant colors. It was definitely a good time.

After a long day, we went back to the ship, so I had to get a pic of us in front of it, right?

Me and Miss. Phil and Alesha stayed back to eat at Margaritaville.

Later that night, Brady and Phil were both chosen to be in the Daning with the Stars competition! It was hilarious! I'll be honest, Brady can really bust a move and it was so fun watching him. Phil was so nervous, but ended up taking 2nd place! Brady got voted off because the judges thought he was too crazy and all over the place.

Brady busting a move...

This is him "backstage" being interviewed after he got voted off. It was so great.

Cozumel was a blast!