FEB

Matt and I went up to the cabin for a weekend. We packed our sleds and hiked up the long road. Once we made it we got the fire going. My favorite thing is to lay in front of the wood burning stove, which I did a lot of. We went snow shoeing and sledding the following day. We believe we found Big Foot's foot prints along one of our hikes. We took some pictures, but you can't really see the prints so I didn't put them on here. They looked like human prints at first, but then we tried to match it's stride and it was way way too long. It was really most likely a moose or something else, but still kind of fun to follow. We wished that there would have been a little bit more snow, but we still had a lot of fun! Matt took a billion pictures of me reading by the fire, but I'm not posting any of them (major double chin action going on haha). We also made ginormous Steaks that were pretty delicious. Then we finally decided to venture back to the car and back to reality. We had a few crashes a long the way and had to reload our sleds a few times, but we did finally make it. Hooray for Winter Outings!

                                         

Then Valentine's Day came! I think we actually had V-day before our trip, but both things occurred in Feb.

I made Matt a very girly Valentine sugar cookie. He got me some yellow mini roses. We both at yummy Pizza Man pizza. We also watched a movie. And we just had a good ole' lazy Valentine's Day. 

It was GREAT! 

Shredding It Up

With the new year comes new goals and a new me or at least a slightly better me.

I like to have a few goals in all the different areas of my life. This month I have been focusing more on my physical goal which is to become a healthier me. I want to lose a few pounds, get stronger, and just feel full of energy.

Last year I began the year strong and then it just went down hill half way through the year. Losing weight and being healthy can be frustrating... really frustrating. Last year I lost about 10 pounds by the time we moved to Ogden. I gained half of that back over the summer then another 10 by the end of the year. I hate that now I am working on getting back to where I was before I lost those 10 pounds. It's just a never ending Roller Coaster, but I will keep trying.

 So on Jan. 31st I did my 30 day Shred DVD by Jillian Michaels and little did I know that I would actually be doing the 30 day challenge. I found out that day that my friend Ashley decided to start doing the 30 day shred too, so we both decided to help each other out and really do this thing. We decided to text each other after we completed the workout, which motivated me to do it if I hadn't yet. There are 3 work outs on the DVD so I decided to do each workout for 10 days. I can proudly say that I am on workout #3 and I have only 6 days left! The DVD is only 20-25 minutes long, but it is a killer. I have also been trying to run a day or 2 a week as well as doing the DVD (those days are the worst). I can't say that I have lost a ton of weight, but I definitely feel stronger. After I finish this next week I'm still going to work out, but I think I will mix things up a little bit. I think by doing the challenge it has given me the motivation and will power that I need to keep going strong. Now I need to work on eating a little bit better.

The End of 2012

I have been super horrible at taking pictures lately. We have done a lot of fun things and sometimes I even have the camera with me, but just don't think about taking pictures. I guess in a way it means we are having too much fun to take pictures, but it's nice to have them to remember.

I am just going to continue from my last post starting with my birthday. I turned 25 this year! For awhile I didn't like the sound of 25, but it's growing on me and it feels pretty good. I'm still young, but not too young or too old. For my birthday we decided to go to Salt Lake for a little trip. Matt had enough rewards points to get us a free stay in the Hyatt Hotel right by Gateway. Matt told me I could pick a gift out while we walked around Gateway so I finally decided on a Larva Hex Bug. It's orange and it moves all cool and it has sensors so it won't run into things. It's pretty awesome! I love getting toys still. We also went out to a nice dinner and I got Lobster that was so so so delicious! The next day we tried to go to the Temple, but it closed early because it was the day before Thanksgiving. I was pretty bummed about it, but then we went to the Zoo! I had such a blast at the Zoo! It wasn't hot or too cold so we felt good and so did the animals. Everything was alive and moving and it was so fun to watch. The tigers were way cool and the baby elephant, snow leopard, and giraffe were super cute! I don't remember having a funner time at the zoo. I felt like a little kid I was so giddy. So all in all it was a pretty fantastic birthday!

We also had our 3 year Anniversary! We have done a lot these past 3 years and I hope we do even more in the next. We have gone on tons of trips, graduated from college, had a few different jobs, moved once, had ducks for pets, have a bunny now, and a whole lot more. We also continue to learn to love each other more and more each and every year! So I guess we will be overflowing with love by the time forever is over :) (totally cheesy I know). Our anniversary was a lot of fun this year, we got to go on another trip! My Dad has time shares so we were able to stay in a nice Park City hotel for free for 4 days. We had a fun and relaxing long weekend. We went swimming, we hot tubed, we ping ponged, we walked main street, ate yummy food, saw the Hobbit, read, and just plain relaxed. It was Fantastic! p.s. Our anniversary was on 12/12/12, which was pretty cool.

Then Christmas came along. I had a fun time decorating our very first real Christmas Tree and the rest of the house. I put up snow flakes and lights on our porch (back side of the house) which no one really saw, but I did so it was worth it. Flash really quite enjoyed the Christmas Tree. She would hide underneath it and eat the fallen pine needles. She also would try to eat the presents that we would put under the tree, so we had to relocate those. We had tons of family parties this year, basically with all sides of our families. It was fun to be able to spend time with both of our families. We also for the first time did our own Christmas morning, which was fun. We didn't have tons of presents for each other, but it was nice to do our own thing. We woke up early, opened our presents, made breakfast burritos, and then watched one of the movies we got. We did got some bigger gifts from our families, which have been a lot of fun! We got snow shoes and an indo board (a balancing board thing-pictures to come some day).

 Flash with her traditional Christmas Apple. 

She is so cute when she eats sweet things. She licks her lips like crazy! 

 To end the year of 2012 we ended up hanging out by ourselves. We were kind of lame, but it was kind of fun too. We got some pizza man pizza and then just watched a few shows/movies and then brought the new year in with some fireworks. The fireworks were pretty awesome! We shot a ton off in the air, but then Matt started shooting them through the snow and made little snow bombs. He loves fireworks! He becomes this cute little giddy child when he plays with them. :) 2012 was a great year!!! I am excited for 2013 though. My favorite number is 13, so maybe we will have a lucky year.

Last but not Least : Matt the Skier. I'm glad we have had a few snow storms so he could finally get some skiing in. He absolutely loves to ski and I don't mind the day to myself :). So don't feel bad for me when I say Matt's gone skiing.

Some September, October & Some November

Our lovely pumpkin patch. We got 9 pumpkins all together. I have been trying to figure out what to do with them all, because Matt and I never made time to carve them. oops! I have painted a few, which you will see, but there are still lots left. 

Flash frolicking in the back yard flowers. 

Peaches that I got to eat for free and can. Yum! 

Leaves changing up in the mountains. I love fall! We went up near snow basin a few times while the leaves changed. So pretty. I even painted while up there in the autumn air. :)

I can't remember if I blogged about this or not, but we have our first dish washer since being married. It's marvelous. Matt's grandpa got it for us. 

Our cute flash. I wanted to dress flash up as a bat for Halloween, but I feel like that would be cruel because I know she wouldn't like it. So I made her pose by some pumpkins instead. 

 The first snow of the year.! I'm pretty sure Matt was very happy about this and I didn't mind it. 

Happy Halloween!

 I dressed up as a Clown for my job. The kids got a kick out of my glasses. They all wanted to wear them.

Later that night we went to a party and dressed up as Thornton and Wonder Woman. 

Who is Thornton you ask? Well, he's Thor's nerdy cousin of course. I have a silly husband. :)

Happy Birthday Matt!

Matt turned 27 this year. He is such an old man now. When Matt got home from work I had the ribs all prepared for him to BBQ. They were so so good! Then he opened a few presents. His main gift being his ski pass that he bought. Then his family came over for some birthday cake. 

 To continue his birthday celebration we went up to the cabin. We made homemade root beer again. We put tons of dry ice in it so it was slushy. We should have taken pictures sooner, because the fog was crazy! 

We also did some cooking inside in the wood burning stove. We had a good relaxing weekend. We each did some reading. We took naps. We went on a walk. We chopped wood. It was a good time!

 I learned how to chop fire wood. It's pretty fun and if you were ever angry it could definitely help you get over some of your frustrations. 

 I have been getting into decorating and doing crafts for Fall and Thanksgiving lately. I love this time of the year  and don't like how it gets skipped over by some people. Don't get me wrong I love Christmas too, but lets enjoy Thanksgiving first. 

 I'm also working on a cute wooden "Wahlquist." So here's my W. 

Happy Birthday Flash!

Flash is now 2 years old, which could mean she is like 20 in our years or more. I'm not really sure how that works. They say so many different things on rabbit life expectancy. She could live either 3-5 years or 6-10 years... so I really don't know. Either way she is getting older, but she is still my cute little bunny rabbit! I got her an igloo cave for her birthday. I made her get in it for this picture. I don't think she really likes it, but maybe she will get used to it. 

Matt found this dead tarantula outside the other day. I am grateful that Grandpa sprayed so this thing didn't make it inside alive. Gross! 

More Snow! I'm sad fall is such a short season. At least snow is quite pretty!