What we have been up to...

It has been quite some time since we have updated and I was reminded by a friend I am overdue for an update. (Thanks Brandt) My last few months have been very focused on school. I practically live at the library on the weekends. My big national board written is coming up this Tuesday and all of my time has went into studying. Dave has just been working, applying for grad school, and trying to help keep me sane will all of the stress I am feeling right now. He has been amazing to put up with me through all of this though. He always has a shoulder for me to cry on and he has been the grocery shopper, house cleaner, laundry doer, you name it, for the last few months. What a great husband!! So just wanted to give a little update, no pictures of anything exciting, but I promise better updates will come soon, as soon as I feel like I am a little bit back to normal! Thanks to all of those who have been a support to me through school! Wish me luck!!!

New updates finally

So I finally posted all of our events over the holidays. Check out what we have been up to.

My magazine debut

I am in the January/February issue of the Utah Valley magazine for Absolute's weight loss ad. I was so excited about it and thought I would post the page. My total lost was 40 lbs!! Check it out on the magazine website.

http://www.uvmag.com/janfeb09/68_69.htm

Tubing for Kristin's Birthday

We went tubing in Park City at Gorgoza park for Kristin's birthday! It was SO COLD but so much fun!! It is one of those tubing places that they have the thing that pulls you up the hill-that is definitely my type of tubing. On our way home we stopped in Heber at ate at a place called Spin Cafe. It is a BBQ place and it was so good. They also have gelato that they make and it was delicious. We definitely want to go back to both places.

The BEST New Years ever!!

Dave and I went to my brother-in-law Jared's cabin this year for New Years eve. It is in Timberlakes which is above Heber. It was SO much fun. The road right outside of the cabin gets completely covered in snow and they don't plow the road so we went sledding on it. You get going around 25 miles an hour and we went at night so it was dark. It was a blast. We sledded for around 3 hours before going inside to watch the ball drop. After celebrating the new year we played games for a bit and then went to bed. The next morning we wanted to sled again before heading to Payson for our New Years lunch and it was crazy to actually see how fast you get going and realize that you did all of that in the dark. Here are some pictures of us all bundled up and having fun.

Christmas 2008

We had a great Christmas spent with family and each other! We woke up around 6:45 because I couldn't handle it anymore (yes, I still can't sleep on Christmas) and we opened our presents together. Some of the highlights were clothes, pepper spray, shoes, watch, movies, games, and I got Dave a new wedding ring because his old one became too big after losing weight and could not be resized. After getting ready for the day we headed to Dave's parents for their Christmas breakfast with all the fixins plus ice cream shakes. YUM! After hanging out with Dave's family, we headed to Payson were we hung out with my family and played with my sister's new kitten that is SO cute!! We also went and saw The Curious Case of Benjiman Button that night with my family. After the movie we went back to Dave's and spent the night at his Grandmas house. All in all it was a very good Christmas.

Christmas in SLC

I never know what to get Dave for Christmas, so I usually plan a trip to go stay in SLC. This year I booked some massages for both of us and they were amazing. After our massages we headed to our hotel to check-in. We stayed at the Little America which was really nice!! Later that night we had a reservation at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Dave has been wanting to go here for a really long time and we found out that because of the economy the one in SLC is closing in January, so we decided to hit it up before it closed. It was really yummy. I had lobster bisque, a filet steak that was SO YUMMY, with potatoes and spinach, and Dave had scallops, with a filet steak, with potatoes and spinach. We got a free dessert to share, and decided on the caramelized banana cream pie. It was really yummy as well. After dinner we wanted to go to temple square but decided it was way too cold and windy. We decided to go back to the room and go swimming. The hotel has an indoor/outdoor pool (see picture) and it was really fun to swim inside and then under a sheet to the outdoor in the freezing cold, yet the pool was really warm. The next morning we took advantage of the workout room before blowing our workout at the really good breakfast buffet at the hotel. Before going home we decided to stop by the Gateway. That trip was soon ruined by the BLOWING wind pelting our faces. We stayed for about 10 minutes before deciding just to head home before the storm got worse. All in all we had a really fun trip.