iceskating

Have you ever been to an outdoor iceskating rink? If not, go. real fun. and not as cold as it seems. There's one up in SLC, Park City and Heber. We went to the one in Heber and it ruled.

michelle kwan

eddie was hilarious.
i must have taken this shot 50 times
because he couldn't get over
his leg not looking like it's
sticking straight out 90*

day 1 of the diet

went swimmingly.
here's Chanel and my texting convo
at one point during the day:

HCG

I'm going on a diet. I've actually been on this one before, but I'm doing it foreal this time. I'm only blogging about it for accountability to my {4} blog readers. I need accountability. That's where I failed last time. My diet buddy last time was Eddie. He had pizza on diet days 1-7. This time my diet buddy is Chanel; something tells me she'll be a better/more will-powered dieter.

So today and tomorrow are the best days of my life. We're instructed to eat nothing but fried foods, fat, sugar, and then 10x more. Something about shocking the system when we actually start the diet on Saturday. Then once Saturday comes we're taking the HCG drops everyday. Accompanied by 500 cals of food. Those 500 cals come from protein and veggies.

I usually like to be a closet dieter so I won't get derailed, but I mean business this time so I'm telling everyone. I'm mainly doing it to prove that I can, since it's so difficult.

The best part about it is that Chanel and I are taking before and after pictures. We took the before shots yesterday in our swimsuits. they were nice. I contemplated putting them up here for REAL accountability then decided against it. But they'll be blown up in our rooms in roughly 8x10 size for motivation. Here's to willpower!

go cougs!

we went to the BYU game with these two last night

(Justin & Elissa)

{despite our rafter seats}

it was a good time

i love basketball games.

but i really love baseball games

which only involve lounging in the nice, perfect

night-time summer weather eating peanuts.

oh yeah, back to last night.

we got real bbq sandwiches at the game.

yum

Olympics

Eddie + Me + Pizza + the couch + Olympics= perfect night

my favs= figure skating pairs & moguls
I hate the luge. Way too risky

patience

One of the greatest things i've had to learn/develop in my life is patience. I'm still what I would consider an impatient person, but i'm learning. My relationship with Eddie is definitely one of the things teaching me this so called patience. Not only is he a patient person so I'm learning from him, but his job is also providing me with many situations to practice this virtue. His job is one where if he's supposed to get off work at 5:30 pm, it's not uncommon for him to really get off at 9:00 pm. Like last night. I realize the reason he's so late is because he's kickA and sells lotsa cars, but it still frustrates me!

So our plans of meeting up with some friends at Thanksgiving Point for a little jazz festival didn't happen, but it's okay. We got some fries and diet cokes and met up with them afterward for pazookies. 1 year ago, or even 5 months ago, i might have freaked out that we missed the entire evening. But slowly but surely I'm learning to just take the situation how it is. And lots of times the detour ends up better than the original plan.

drive-thru

i took up diet coke for 2010
it makes me so happy!

just waiting for our friends to get back from the jazz fest

while i may have been quite feisty at the beginning of the night, it ended up being fun.
everyone knows a good time really is who you're with more than what you're doing

I realize that one day when i'm old
there won't be enough time/energy/love (haha jk)
to celebrate valentines day all weekend long
so better live it up now, right?
Here's to the second valentines post!

some pics post church

he took me out friday night and I had him over for dinner on sunday

some goods for him

grilling up our steaks

steak. rosemary potatoes. asparagus. chocolate cake.
baking has always been my forte;
cooking, not so much.
so this was quite a feat

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Valentine

Eddie took me to Chef's Table on Friday night.
It was delicious and made me feel super fancy.
esp. when they brought out the lemon sorbet to 'cleanse our pallet'.
We ate it right away cause we were starving.
It was definitely an enjoyable evening
but I'd be okay eating fancy dinners once a year or so.
Thats an awful lot of $ to spend on food.
thank you E.
you really are the best~

check out these beauties from my valentine:

Jake & Emilie Cahoon

My friend Emilie got married last night. Over the past year I've shared some pretty incredible experiences with this girl.. we were in the same capstone class in the PR program, went to Israel together, and interned together in LA. It was one of the best receptions I've been to... very tasteful and fun.

Betty was a bridesmaid. Check out the awesome thing on her head! Each bridesmaid had something different on her headband, I thought it was such a cool idea.

Eddie loooooooves KJ and Macie's daughter Eva
Cake went everywhere

my date & i

guest book.. she had these cute umbrellas (orange thing) everywhere

LA internship group! Kainoa and Ash you guys were missed~

fun fun fun night... congrats Em and Jake!

thursdays= fundays

Eddie & I went snowshoeing on our day off this week and it was so fun. The weather here in Utah has been totally beautiful and sunny, which made for perfect snowshoeing conditions. We went up past Vivian Park and took a path up to a big waterfall. It was incredibly beautiful and peaceful-no one else was really up there. It was also a super hard workout- it was only a 4 mile hike, but it honestly felt like twice that. I can't wait for this spring/summer when I'll be taking up hiking.

eddie fell at the very end..
right when he was saying how awesome he was on the snowshoes

best part of the house

my dream kitchen in 10 years:

heaven:

and especially:

around mi casa

My roommate {amy} is Belle
seriously.
Her nose is always in a book
check it out:

so she can read while getting ready.
it's actually quite endearing~

Also, besides my st george escapades,
my only budget splurge has been on two trees.
they were on such great discount i had to get them.
one is pictured far right below.
can't wait to flank them on all future fireplace mantles

best part about February?
it noticeably starts staying lighter longer!
5:15 today:

bring onnnnnn the long days!