"When you're the best of friends, having so much fun together!"

In case anyone is not aware, this post title comes from one of my favorite movies, "The Fox and the Hound."  I used it because it pretty much sums up my marriage to Grant.  One of the best things about being married to him is the fact that he is my very best friend!  We always have fun together!
I have to admit, P90X is not my favorite thing in the world, but Grant and I have set a goal so we're working hard to achieve it.  Usually we work out at different times because of our crazy schedules, but the few times that Grant and I are able to do it together it makes it a little bit more enjoyable.

yes... we have matching shirts :)

This weekend, Grant and I went on a really fun date to celebrate our 3 month anniversary.  It started off with a trip to Olive Garden, where we spent our last gift card there.  I guess we'll have to stop being spoiled now.  Afterwards, we went to see the Young Ambassadors perform.  We had so much fun!  It was a great show!  They sang a song from Hairspray so, naturally, when we got home I had to watch it.  What a great night!

handyman

So, I had my first home repair! I've put up many picture frames, a curtain rod, and other furniture but this was my first real repair! The rod in my closet bent (yes, it was metal!) It was pretty weak when we moved in but over time, it completely collapsed. As you can see in the picture below, my first attempt was to jimmy rig it with some duct tape. That worked for a couple hours but it collapsed again :(

We ran to the Home Depot to get some supplies to do the job right. I tried to convince Katie that I needed a saw to cut my own rod but she cleverly picked out a rod that was adjustable :) (although she said I can get one some day!) We got home and I went to work. I used my new drill and drilled lots of holes in the wall and in the rod itself and walah! This sucker isn't going anywhere! I'm pretty proud of my work!

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.