Wow, Time To Catch Up!

Whoa, I swear that I haven't given up on this blogging thing, I just haven't had time to go to my parents house to update it! But, here I am, finally updating our blog. It's been a crazy couple weeks since my last update, so thanks to President's Day, I have a day off and some time to do this. Thanks Mr. President... Brady has been sick, seriously for the last month or so, and it morphed into Bronchitis, so sad. He's been coughing his lungs out, he had a fever, he's been throwing up and all that good stuff that goes along with being sick. When we went to Insta-Care on Friday, (thanks Karen), they did an oxygen test to see how much oxygen was in his lungs and he only had 93%; obviously it should be 100%, so no wonder he's been having a hard time breathing and going outside in the cold air! He's been on antibiotics now for 4 days and he seems to be doing better. Let's hope it just goes up from here.

On January 31st, the big UFC fight took place- Bj Penn vs. Georges St. Pierre. We had a great time hanging out with our friends and celebrating Brady's birthday. Brady wanted BJ Penn to win, but he got dominated, so needless to say, he wasn't very happy. Here is a picture of us with Brady sporting his Hawaiian lei's and his BJ Penn shirt. (BJ Penn is from Hawaii). This was obviously taken before the fight, otherwise Brady wouldn't be smiling and giving a fist-pump.

A couple weeks ago, Brady and I went to the Melting Pot and it was so much fun! I've only been there once and he'd never been, so it was fun to go together. Our reservation was at 5:30 and we didn't get done until around 8:30; if you ever plan to eat there, make sure you allot yourself enough time. The appetizers were great- cheese fondue with chips, carrots, broccoli and apples for dipping. The salad was excellent- leafy greens with black raspberry viniagarette. The main course was to die for (pictured below)- vegetables, shrimp, ravioli, lobster tail, chicken, beef, sirloin, salmon etc. The pot next to the food is what we cooked it in, it was so good! After my stomach was so full of food, the dessert came out, which I couldn't pass up, and it was by far the best part! Bananas, cheesecake, brownies, strawberries, pound cake and marshmallows all dipped in a chocolate fondue. MMMMM!

Here I am enjoying my chocolate-covered strawberries
Here is Brady showing off the dessert plate. We had already eaten a few things off of it before I realized we should take a picture.
And yes, Brady has his mustache in these pictures because these pictures were taken a couple of weeks ago. He did shave it off and he looked so handsome, but now he wants to see if he can grow a beard. Oh boy, we'll see how that goes. :)

Dang Computer!

I'm so bugged because our computer completely stopped working last week (I'm using my parents computer right now)...hence, the reason I haven't posted anything in a couple weeks. What a hassle! We're going to see if my brother can fix it, but if not, a new computer is on its way. I'll post something fun as soon as we are up and running. I have some fun pictures of the last week or two, so keep checking in with us!

Happy Birthday Brady!!

Don't ask me what Brady's mustache is doing; he is growing it out until the St. Pierre/Penn fight on Saturday. Who knows why. Boys will be boys, I guess.

Today is Brady's birthday, he is finally the same age as me...24. I guess I can't say that I'm more mature and much wiser than him anymore, dang it! As a kid, birthdays were the best, but as an adult, it's just like any other day (for the most part); you get up, go to work, come home and do something fun in the evening, but it's been really nice. Brady's been sick lately and he's finally starting to feel like himself again, so it's been fun to have my "Brady" back. He got a nice watch that he's been wanting, some BJ Penn shorts and a couple of shirts. After he opened his presents, we went and ate at Texas Roadhouse, one of his favs. It's been a good day.

I look foward to spending many more birthdays with this amazing man who I am lucky enough to call my husband. I love you Brady!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy

Last weekend our friend, Jake Ewing, got all of our friends tickets to the Grizzlies hockey game. We did this last year and it was lots of fun. We had our own suite that came with food and all! It was so much fun. I don't really like hockey that much to be honest with you, maybe because I never watch it and I don't know the rules--other than the fact that they have to get the puck into the net, but it was still so much fun. As you can see from looking into the stands, there aren't very many people that attend these games. I think it's kind of funny. It's interesting the people you see at these games. :)

Some of the friends watching the game

Before the game, you can buy as many pucks as you want, and in between each quarter you can throw the pucks down onto the ice and try to hit people. It sounds a little violent and scary to me, but the boys really enjoyed it! Here is Jake showing off some of his pucks.

Cory and Kristie Lucking--Newlyweds as of December 13th. So cute!

Umm, nothing really going on here, just hanging out

Jake Waldram

Also, for those of you who didn't know, Brady and I started school on Monday. I haven't gone to school since 2005 and Brady hasn't gone since his mission, but we both felt it was time to get back into gear. I'm taking classses to transfer up to Utah State (I won't be commuting to the campus, don't worry), I'm going to be attending one of their extension programs to get my bachelors degree in Management and Human Resources (MHR). I am so excited. Brady is doing Finance, so cool. It's been an interesting adjustment and I find that I'm more tired throughout the work day because I'm staying up late doing TONS of math homework and studying for my other classes. I must admit though, it feels good to be back at school and I feel like I'm doing something "productive" with my life.

Until next time, let me leave with you a song..."The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round, 'round and 'round, 'round and 'round, the wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round, all through the town." Even though I don't ride the bus to school, I thought this picture was very appropriate.

Happy Birthday Dad & Grandma and GO UTES!

On January 2nd, we celebrated my dad's and my grandma's birthday , it was so much fun. My cute grandma turned 87 years old; I love her so much. She said every year she has a great birthday because she gets to share it with her sonny boy, how cute! We all got together at my grandma and grandpa's house, hung out, ate goodies and watched the Utah game. It was a blast! Here are Mindy and Bevin going through the old dolls that our grandma and grandpa bought us when my sisters and I were little. We had so much fun with those dolls so it was cute that Mindy was playing with the dolls with Bevin.

I couldn't get enough of this "U" on Bevin's helmet, I just had to get a picture.

Just hanging out, eating some food.

My family and I had a great holiday season and I'm sorry I haven't posted any pictures of it. I have sooo many, I just don't even know where to start. Now that the holidays are over, I will be better at blogging for sure. I'm glad to be getting back into a routine with work and stuff. I had almost 2 weeks off for Christmas and I was starting to feel so unproductive! You can only stay up really late and sleep in until 10 or 11 for so long, you know?! Oh, by the way, Go Utes!

Viva Las Vegas

Before I write about anything about Vegas, I want to say "Happy Birthday" to my sisters! Today is their birthday. I love you both so much and am happy that I am your sister. You make this world a better place. No matter what happened growing up, I knew I always had the 2 best friends a girl could ask for. Just like that frame that Mindy gave you, Missy, one year for Christmas: We are "Sisters by Chance, Friends by Choice." I love you both very much and hope you have a great day...you both deserve it.

Yes, I'm still alive! You might think otherwise if you've checked out my blog lately...I haven't blogged in such a long time! Oops! With Christmas and everything, it's just been so crazy. Well, we just got back from Vegas last night and it was a blast! I took so many pictures, but thought for the sake of your time and sanity, I wouldn't post them all. Here is a glimpse into our vacation:

Brady sleeping on the plane to Vegas. Can I just tell you that I love flying JetBlue? I love that everyone has their own TV and satellite radio to watch/listen to and I must admit, there is a lot more leg room compared to other airlines. I watched HGTV the whole way home and the flight seemed so fast! It was awesome.

Us taking a break in Hollister after some shopping. Good times.

The arena at MGM Grand for the UFC fight. The energy in there was awesome! Look at all the people, it was so much fun.

If you watched UFC on Saturday, you know that Silva got knocked out....I totally got a picture of it. Wow, that was awesome. Although, I wanted him to win and I was a bit sad he didn't, it was still a good fight.

Sean, Chad and Brady

Brady and one of the creators/owners of "Tapout," Punk A**. (Yes, that is his alter-ego name).

This fighter, Kevin Randleman, totally thought Missy was hot stuff. She asked him if we could get a picture with him and he said "with that smile, I'll do anything." After Brady took the picture, he told her to send the picture to his website and he would sign it for her and send it back. I swear, guys were always checking her out.

Here are Brady and Sean with Stitch. He's the guy that fixes all the fighters' cuts and stuff in between rounds.

Herb Dean...What's UFC without Herb Dean!

One of the announcers, Mike Goldberg. He's a lot skinnier in person than on TV. We wanted to get a picture with Joe Rogan as well, but he was no where in sight.

Tito Ortiz. He was doing an autograph signing at the hotel we stayed at. He was really nice. He was just leaving and Brady stopped him before he left and took this picture with him.

Last, but most definitely not least, it was our anniversary yesterday!! I woke up yesterday morning and walked into the bathroom to see this..."Happy 2nd anniversary, you rock my world." With the CUTEST letter I've ever read and some fake roses taped to the mirror as well. Do I have the best husband or what?? It made my day. He's always so thoughtful. Brady and I both have this week off of work so we are going to celebrate our anniversary today or this week. I'll be sure to let you know what fun stuff we do.

I hope you all had a great Christmas!

Cory and Kristie Lucking

This past weekend our good friend, Cory Lucking, got married! We were lucky enough to attend their rehearsal dinner on Friday night at Rodizio Grill and it was really yummy! Brady and I had never been there so it was a real treat. The wedding reception was on Saturday night at Cactus & Tropicals in Draper and it was beautiful. They looked so cute and happy together.

Instead of having a guest sign-in book, they had a photo booth where you got your picture taken. The booth prints out two copies of the pictures, one is for you to keep and the other is to glue into a scrapbook and you can write a little message next to it. What a great idea! It will be fun for them to see pictures of everybody that attended.

Brady and the boys...well some of them
Brady and Danny