snow day?

Utah weather is crazy! The weather has changed so much that past few weeks. I had to post some pictures to capture how crazy it truly is!

This picture below was taken at 7am as I left for school:

Can you believe that the picture below was taken the same day as I came home from school??!

We don't have pictures but it did this exact same thing the next day. So funny!

Our date this week was seeing Tron in 3D. The movie had some sweet action in it. I pretended to have a disk on my back and jumped around the apartment afterwards. Here is a picture from our adventure.

My new do

So I've never been one of those girls who is really good with hair and can do lots of fun things with it.  I've always wanted to be, though.  I love cute hairstyles and I get so bored with the same thing all the time.  I do mix it up with curly and straight but that's about it.  I guess that's why I have so many headbands-- they just add a little extra something.
I've always wanted to be able to do my hair with a side braid.  It's very "in" right now and I see girls with it all the time and wish so badly I could do it.  I decided today to learn how once and for all.  The one problem was that I have tried time and time again to french braid my hair and I just cannot do it.  I can't ever keep the hair tight enough for it to work.  So, I tried several times on my own today without success until I finally called Grant over to help me.  With an extra set of hands (and a few tries together) we were able to french braid my hair!  What are husbands for if they can't help you look pretty?  Just another reason I'm glad to be married to him.  We were very proud of our work and went to our friends Kelsey and Trevor's wedding reception.  Maybe someday I'll be able to get it down on my own :)

Be Mine

So I've decided that Valentine's Day is way more fun when you actually have a valentine.  I've always loved this holiday ever since I was little, but today was extra special because I had someone to share it with.  We were able to do special things for each other throughout the day and that made it a lot of fun.
This morning I made cinnamon pancakes for breakfast.  You can't tell in the picture, but they were actually pretty pink in real life.

At school I was able to handle all of the craziness and was actually pretty spoiled with treats from my class.

Then at home, the spoiling continued with gifts from my wonderful husband (oreos are my favorite)!

While Grant was at work I decided to be brave and attempt to make some Hmong food.  He was very surprised when he came home and had pho waiting for him.  I was very surprised that it actually turned out.  It actually wasn't too bad.  

For dessert we had cookies and ended the evening with hot chocolate.  I ended up making enough cookies to feed an army, but we only had enough energy (and enough of an appetite) to decorate these.  I'll probably decorate the rest tomorrow and give most of them away.

We hope everyone else had an enjoyable Valentine's Day as well.  We love all of you and are grateful to have you in our lives!!

Valentine's Day

Well... My class is ready for the big day tomorrow.  We'll see if I am.  Bring on the art activities, candy, class parties, and valentines!

a new found passion

I LOVE skiing.  Let me say that again.  I LOVE SKIING!!!

This past weekend has been one of the most enjoyable weekends of my life!  I went skiing for the first time at a recruiting event PwC put on for the accounting junior core students.  I probably told Katie at least a few dozen times how much fun I was having.  She's been skiing before and gave me some good pointers for my first time.  After some quick tips, I was off down the mountain!  After a few necessary crashes to see how fast and how far I could push myself, I quickly gained back the confidence to start skiing with grace.  It was so much fun!  Here are some pics from our adventure.