The Sun Came Out And We Played!

Utah's weather is funny. It will snow one day and be warm the next. Anyways, we've been blessed with some sunny weather as of late. Candace and I headed up to Park City to celebrate our 1 yr anniversary. We spent the night at a beautiful resort at the mouth of the Canyons Ski Resort and treated ourselves to a tasty steak dinner. The following morning, we encountered an interesting site: A large mass of clouds at the bottom of a mountain.



We'd never seen anything like it.


Come to find out, it wasn't a mass of clouds but steam rising from a lake.







On Saturday, we got together with Justin and Cbug's cousin Megan for some fun at the shooting range.



Get it, CBUGGGG!

I had an unopened pop can in my truck from the last time I went shooting with my brother Taylor. Here's some footage of the fun:

So, the last 3 or 4 times I've gone fishing I've gotten skunked. I knew I had to change things up, so I brought my good luck charm: Cbug (you might remember this post). I set out a folding chair for her on the bank and she brought a thick blanket to keep warm.

I wasn't having any luck until I switched my fly and.....WHAAAM! I was pulling them in left and right!! You don't believe me do you? Check out the evidence below:

Candace told me later that I caught my first fish only a few seconds after she had prayed I would catch one!! What a sweet wife to say a little prayer for her husband! Her faith went a long way...I was able to give a fish to a man watching and another to friends in our old ward.

I told Cbug I knew what I wanted to get her for Christmas, a fishing pole! She was NOT pleased.

Haha. Have a good week!

A Deer and A Diamondback

This year we decided to dress up and head to the MBA Halloween party. I tried with all my might to get Curtis to dress up as a hunter to go with my deer costume but at the last minute it didn't come together and he refused to go to the store to get a hunting vest. Good thing he has a real life Diamondbacks uniform! He looks so cute as a ball player (even if our outfits were completely unrelated - maybe next year I'll plan a little better).



This is the only other photo we took. Our dear friends, The Freebairns. Aren't their costumes great?


My favorite part of the evening was as we were walking out the door we heard a little girl yell, "Mom! A reindeer just walked out the door!!" So cute.

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!!!

Brananda Forever

I'm finally posting photos from my Gal Pal, Amanda's, wedding. She married the most wonderful guy, Brannon, and we couldn't be happier for the two of them. Also... I must add the fact that Cur and I sort of set them up so one point for us! It was great to be home in AZ and even greater to be in the temple with one of my best friends for her special day.



Such a beautiful bride!


Now's the part where I get carried away with photos because they had their reception at such an architecturally groovy place (I held back so you can count yourself lucky!)

Tempe Center of the Arts:










Hollybear! I miss frequent hugs from this girl.


Seriously, how gorgeous is she?


The Berrylicious crew (yes, Julie you're a crew now that you have a little one on the way!)


I even got to hang out with Chosey & Jay! A special treat. I love them.




Congratulations Brannon & Amanda!!! We love you!

It's been a while...

I know you haven't heard from me in a while. Sorry about that. We've been running a million miles an hour these days! In the last month we moved, got sick, Cur went to Cali for his cousin Cara's wedding, I went to AZ for my gal pal's wedding (post to follow on that)... needless to say we've been busy kids.

Here are a few shots of what it's like around here these days. I've decided that while I hate, despise, and abhor winter, I love fall. There's something about the crisp chill in the air. It smells clean and fresh in a way only mountain country can. It's been chilly but I've enjoyed watching the leaves turn and the seasons change, something I never experienced until last fall, being a born and raised Arizona desert girl.

Here's a shot driving up University Avenue. That's where we live on the right. We love it here.


Last Sunday we took a drive up the canyon into Sundance. So beautiful. We wish we could bottle up that air for a sniff every now and then.






Lastly, we've been married a year as of October 11th! It's crazy how fast time flies. We're having so much fun together. We have yet to celebrate as I was sick on the weekend of our anniversary but we have a little getaway planned for next weekend up to Park City (for a small fee of sitting through one of those torturous timeshare presentations). It will be great to get out of town and up into the mountains. Happy Anniversary to us!

I LOVVVE STEVE NASH

Please see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZkaEge0R8

Its For Real

What do these guys have in common besides being ridiculously rich?

















They all read my new blog about Biz School!!!

I don't like the idea of filling up this blog with my business school doodlings, so if you'd like to see what's happening in school and the biz world, check the blog here:

http://thembaperspective.blogspot.com/

I try to update it daily. No, seriously!

GO GO GO

The past few weeks have been CHAOTIC.


We moved into a new condo and if moving isn't difficult enough, we coordinated the painting, carpet cleaning, lock changing, and installation of new countertops, sink, and of course tile floor. That was a lot of work and I have Cbug to thank for most of it. We love our new place (thx mom and dad!). Pictures coming soon.


Our travel log has been hectic. In the past two weeks I did the following:

SLC to Las Vegas to New Orleans
New Orleans to Denver to SLC
SLC to Phx and back to SLC
SLC to PHX to Orange County
OC to LA and back
OC to PHX to SLC.....
and finally home! That's a lot of traveling and too much standing in airport lines.


The good news is I had fun in California, even though I was still recovering from a cold. I stayed with my friend Ryan Nicholls and his wife Tracy. Ry and I shared stories about living in Brazil together and selling pest control in California together.



Before my cousin Cara's wedding kicked off, I had a chance to meet with marketing peeps at Honda and Yamaha headquarters. Both experiences were awesome. I'm hoping it leads to job offers later when positions become available.


(The Honda security guards got mad I took this picture)


Cousin Cara and Joe got married in Mission Viejo. The wedding and weather were beautiful. I had fun seeing family and playing with my nieces Kate and Macy. Somehow Macy slept in my arms through all the post-wedding dancing. Sorry, but I don't have pictures of the festivites.

Speaking of weddings, I believe I got married 364 days ago today...