It's the Simple Things

2012-01-26T21:47:00.000-08:00

Oli just got an internship in downtown Salt Lake City! I couldn't be more happy or proud of him!! I am very excited for this new stage in our lives and for this big step forward!

We are just so thrilled and we are truly grateful for this wonderful blessing.

He will be working for a company called Radiate Media as a Search Engine Optimization Coordinator (SEO).

This is their website if you feel like checking it out: Radiate

Congrats honey, I am so proud of you.

2011-12-13T13:32:00.000-08:00

Birthday!

Highlights:

Ols making delicious cake on the night of my actual birthday (We both had work until late at night)
Delivering the Reader's Theater that I had prepared for with the struggling readers that were in my class. It was invigorating listening to students that could barely read, read aloud a story to the entire class.
Getting spoiled by my students! They brought gifts (teddy bear, cards, etc..) and flowers and made me feel so special
Ms. Elizabeth spoiling me as well by bringing a chocolate fountain into class and having many, many desserts to dip in the chocolate. She also gave me a wonderful book full of arts and crafts ideas to do with kids, a "cloud" collage that was framed and had sayings from all the students and what they thought about me, balloons, and so many more things. She just spoiled me.
Mothers also brought in gifts and made me feel so special
The wonderful texts and birthday calls that I got from friends and family. Thank you so much- it mean a lot to me
Ols surprising me by taking me to one of the highest rated restaurants in Logan, Le Neonne. It is an Italian restaurant and it was a-m-a-zing!
Devouring the bruschetta, ravioli, and chocolate goodness :)
Getting dressed-up to go out to dinner
Seeing Oli's professor that he works for playing the guitar at the restaurant and him telling us he will not play until we are seated :)
Getting a gift card to Olive Garden from a professor that I facilitate for. Oli and I used it the next night after Le Neonnes.
Both Ols and I having 5 servings of the bread sticks and salad :)
Ols getting me four passes to go to Zumba with a friend
Going and seeing more Christmas lights
Overall just feeling so loved and grateful for the wonderful friends, family, and of course my Ols for making my birthday so special. Thank you!

(I covered the students' faces due to privacy)

Le Neonne's night: Restaurant is pictured above.

Olive Garden Night:

It was an absolutely wonderful birthday!!

2011-12-13T13:18:00.000-08:00

Christmas Decorating

Highlights:

Pulling out all of the decorations and remembering the last two Christmases we have had together married

Listening to Christmas music on Pandora as we decorated the house

Laughing at each others' homemade ornaments we made our first year married

The warm feeling that was in our home as we were creating our little wonderland

Going to see the Christmas lights

Eating chocolate chip cookies

Watching "A Christmas Carol" together

Thanksiving

2011-12-13T13:11:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving

Highlights:

Spending time with all of the family!

The delicious food, of course

Cooking in the kitchen with Mom and my sisters for Thanksgiving

Sofia and I making bows for the decorations

Games, games, and more games

Watching "Sleepless in Seatle" with the girls

Dad getting Ols to watch "Man from Snowy River"

Going and seeing the Christmas lights and showing Aniston the Mickey Mouse and Minnie decorations

Sleeping in

Watching Mom and Aniston dance to Christmas music in the kitchen together

Helping my parents put up their Christmas lights

Listening and laughing to Dad and Dallin tell stories of their growing up years while we were all around the table

Watching Grandma and Grandpa laugh at their son's stories

Visiting Jack's "book store" and jokingly explaining to him that I didn't have enough money to buy all of his books, to which he replied, "That's OK, you can use my credit card." Now that is my kind of store

Running with Dan and Ols in the morning

Playing "Cranium" and watching Greg and Ry act out their parts

Getting the awesome blanket and recipe book as an early Christmas present from Doug and Louette

Watching Ols make a fort with the little ones

Madi "calling" uncle Jabin while she was in the fort, Camp Smart

Putting William to sleep

Watching Nan play with Jack and Nya while we were in Church

Having all the little ones trying to dress into dolls clothing

Talking and laughing with the girls upstairs

Going over to see Grandma Gen and how she was feeling

Getting everything ready, the counter isn't what it looked like when it was finished... trust me, there was food galore :)

Watching Sleepless in Seatle

Camp Smart :)

2011-11-21T19:38:00.001-08:00

My Love's Birthday:

Hooray! I love this time of year. With birthdays and the holidays, it makes this time of year extra special. On November 17, Ols turned the big 2-3. I am so proud of him and all that he has done with his life and I am very, very grateful to be his wife and at his side through these wonderful adventures! I am so very glad that he was born :)

Happy Birthday hon, you are the best.

Highlights on my Ol's birthday:

- Date night at the book store while reading Christmas stories and laughing over the book of cake disasters

- The Warren Miller Film (4th year going)

- Passes to the Canyons and Wolf Mountain resorts

- Pizza!

- Breakfast in Bed

- Party decor in the home

- Playing games with the hubby while drinking hot chocolate

- 23 things I love about Oli written and put up all over the house

- Going to a beautiful candy shop

- Going to the toy store where Oli searched for a certain card game for his birthday

- Oli getting the game that he wanted

- Steak and mushroom sauce dinner! Delicious!(Tradition that my mom has done with our family and it has carried over into mine and Oli's little family :)
- Having a formal dinner where we both got dressed up

- Sparkling Cider

- Asking Oli interview questions about his life thus far and recording it on the camera for the future

- Watching Captain America

- Enjoying "Better than ..." cake! Mmm- mmm