Valentine's, the weather...a general update:)

Love, love, love....Valentines was a wonderful day filled with homemade gifts (due to our current lack of... well let's face it EVERYTHING) , lounging and family:) Matt and I went out for a special Valentine's day lunch and planned on going snowboarding but, it was snowing so bad we didn't think we'd make it up the canyon in the malbu:( So we rented some movies and had the PERFECT valentine's dinner...Heart shaped Pizza! I totally give credit to matt seeing as it was his idea and he made a much better heart out of the dough than I did...

Don't mind our gross looking pizza stone...

I know this is really "cat lady" of me, but I HAVE to say that even my kitty's were feeling the LOVE...

Now for the weather! I have to say that although I'm sad to see the snow melting it's been nice to be able to walk outside without a jacket, gloves and a beanie! Matt and I have been talking all winter about buying a baseball and some gloves for when it starts getting nicer and we FINALLY got to do that last week! We've had tons of fun and even had a photo shoot! (I've gotta show some love for my snow so I've included some pics. of one of our many sledding adventures at sugarhouse park...)

This is Matt and Spencer competing for the "Center of attention" award...

Other than this INCREDIBLY interesting topic on the weather Matt's work and school are going well. He got 100% on his last two tests!:) I'm so proud of him! He has school SUPER early everyday and then he comes home for a couple of hours and then heads to work and doesn't get home until like 1 am! he is such a trooper. He sacrifices so much so that he and we as a family can get ahead in life:) I'm so grateful for such an amazing husband! Spence is back at UPS with matt hooray! and going to Institute at the U. And for those of you who don't know Paul moved to Alabama in December but he's back now:) He's back at West Jordan High and luckily was able to get his job back! As for me, I just had an AMAZING time being off track from school for 3 weeks! this was my first week back and it was really hard earlier this week but I'm really glad to be back in the swing of things. I also am waiting to hear back from the U for Graduate school so please cross your fingers for me:) Other than that Life is great! we've been working hard and loving one another's company. Hope you're all doing well and Keep up with the blogging guys, I love to hear updates! Oh and Matt got a hair cut.... Thanks Joe and natalie<3


Here's the Before...
And the after....


Cheers!

Matt's fun list...

copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done.

yeha its awesome! have fun.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

Carolyn's fun list...

This was a list of things my friend posted on her blog, I'm going to do it and try to get matt to do it also...cross your fingers. copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done.

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

Too bad "Sat in a chair 10x your size" isn't on the list...

Matt's 22nd Birthday Extravaganza!!!

We have had an awesome weekend celebrating Matt's 22nd Birthday! Friday night(the night before his b-day) we went to brighton and had a blast snowboarding! The first picture is of matt loving on his new snowboard bindings I got him:) they're Burton Detox Customs (for those of you snowboard officonados) with bottle cap openers on the highbacks...don't ask me when he'll ever use that "feature", but either way he thought that was a really cool "accessory"lol.

(Not pictured: Joe and Edward)

Saturday morning the boys and I surprised Matt with a special birthday breakfast in bed! He insisted on taking a picture with his BFF...

Now for those of you who don't know matt really well, he hates surprises. So since I've known him it has been absolutley IMPOSSIBLE to keep any type of secret from him, but this time with Paul and Spencer's help we were able to accomplish our goal! I told Matt I was only getting him bindings for his birthday and that we would probably just go out to dinner just the two of us. But I actually bought him a whole new skate board set up(which he has been wanting since before Christmas!) and we had been planning a little suprise party for him. So after breakfast we got ready for the day and I took Matt to Barnes and Noble(our FAVORITE store) to pick out a few more B-day presents!

Meanwhile at home I left a job for the boys and Brandy to decorate and to document it. This is what they got pictures of....

Don't ask me why Paul and Spencer were eating streamer and silly string... but I thought Paul's hiding spot was pretty dang good. While Matt and I were at Barnes and Noble we I told him that I "forgot" something at home so we had to go back before we went to dinner. He had absolutely NO idea and was completely surprised by the whole thing! It was fun to FINALLY get a chance to surprise this guy!

For some reason there was a knife on the floor so Matt decided it would be a good picture opp. I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful husband! He is more amazing than I ever thought my husband would be. Matt is hilarious, honest, sweet, talented, HOTT, but most importantly he loves the gospel and makes me want to be a better person. I feel so blessed to have him in my life! He keeps me so balanced and I've never been so happy! Happy 22nd Birthday Sweetie! I love you and hope we made you feel EXTRA special this birthday:)