j dawgs

this afternoon was a dream.

i was super stressed out at school all morning,

but then we went to jdawgs for a polish dog

& sunshine and all was right in the world again

eddie's so good to me

usually i don't really care when eddie goes off and does stuff w/ the guys (ie. play basketball).

but the other night i didn't want him to go, i was feeling kinda needy.

well, he went anyways. which was good cause i got some homework done.

but then, he came home with these.

he treats me like gold.

growing up i always found comfort in the fact that my dad treated my mom so well,

and i think subconsciously i was looking for someone who treated me just as nice.

obviously you want someone who's kind overall,

but i was looking for consistency in the little things.

well, i definitely lucked out in this department.

white bricks

while i love tiled kitchens, i think my favorite is white bricks. they're so clean but not too glam. i read one blog of a woman who not only decorates her own home, but remodels it herself. she puts in her own flooring, countertops, etc. etc. so now i have big dreams of eddie and i building a brick wall in our kitchen one day. and of course, painting it white.

i can't even remember where i found the images of the kitchen below, maybe from elle magazine?

Happy Birthday Grandpa~

We had a family birthday dinner for Grandpa last night up at booboo's. It's always fun to see everyone, especially when we're celebrating someone's (84th) birthday! We love you Grandpa~

singing~

getting some help from madsen & emma

what a season

tonight's game was sad. i would be lying if i said i didn't still have a lump in my throat that has been there since i realized we weren't going to win. but even greater than the sadness of the game, and the realization that jimmer will never wear a cougar jersey again, is how amazing the whole season was.

it was an incredibly fun season to be a part of- eddie and i were there every wednesday and saturday. whether it was a date in front of the tv

or we actually went to the marriott center (or the Delta Center, or UNLV, or Vegas), we didn't miss a game. even that wednesday night when i had night class, but got up to leave half way through to make my way to the marriott center. my professor said "are you going to the game?" and i very seriously said, "i have to. i just have to." after going to byu for 7 years it's impossible not to be a big fan already,

but this season solidified our loyalties and excitement about byu.

but like i've already mentioned, the best part was that it made the first few months of marriage that much more fun. this was definitely something that eddie and i bonded over and got excited about together. i loved the day he came home with matching BYU shirts for us, or how this past month we would spend hours together listening to player interviews and videos. or the nights when we were just about to fall asleep and out of nowhere I would ask him some random question about the team/ a player, and then we'd talk about it some more.

anyways, we're excited for the team next year and just as excited to see jimmer play in the nba. "BYU fans will be always grateful for Jimmer Fredette and what he did for the BYU program. His name will forever be included among the best players to play at BYU."

"Sure he can swish a shot when he’s off balance or knock back threes when he’s falling down. He can stop on a dime in a herd of stampeding players or split a pair of awesome defenders or land a clutch free throw when the stakes are through the ceiling. And of course there’s the whole crazy misdirection thing Jimmer’s got going on. He bobs. He weaves. He turns it all that way when you think he’ll turn it this way. He doesn’t jump ... and then suddenly he does! Only he doesn’t just jump. He explodes. And next thing you know, he’s airborne, sailing over mere mortals like he’s Inspector Freaking Gadget.

That’s all pretty great stuff. But what has made Jimmer such a pleasure to watch is that he’s one of those athletes who plays with full-on, flat-out, over-the-top joy. He reminds me of a professional baseball player I loved watching back in the day: Kirby Puckett.

Kirby Puckett played with a smile on his face. He caught fly balls, smiling. He hit home runs, smiling. He rounded the bases, smiling. He was like hey, Ma! Did you see that? Did you see how I just parked the ball over the center fielder’s head? Isn’t baseball great? Isn’t life grand?

It’s the same with Jimmer. When he turns to the crowd and roars to the rafters, he roars with happiness. Hey, Ma! Did you see that? Hey, Ma! Isn’t this a blast?

And the rafters roar back — you’re right! It’s been a blast."

-Ann Cannon, SLTribune

3 am and i wanna go to be-e-ed

well. it looks like they're going to drive straight through the night so of course i can't sleep. it's currently 2:50 am and i'll probably be awake til eddie walks through the door around 6 am. i've just been up googling every interview, article and video about BYU basketball. you think i'd be getting a head start on my demanding week next week, but i'm still on a high from the game tonight! i would give anything to be in new orleans on thursday.

watch this.

ps. one of my favorite bands for years was OAR and i was always singing this part of their song night shift- "its 3 a.m. and i wanna go to be-e-ed..." it's actually true right now, which is where the title for this post came from.

welcome home~

eddie's on his way home! he's been on a sales trip since tuesday and i've missed him so much. they're driving from california and depending on whether or not they stop in vegas for the night, will get home at either 5 am or tomorrow afternoon.

it's a good thing a. i had a really busy week at school, b. i hung out w/ char, and c. march madness has been going on or i would have been bored out of my mind! i didn't realize just how much time i spend w him until he left for the week. i'm very excited to see him. in honor of his arrival i'm making the perfect sunday dinner- pot roast, carrots & potatoes. i called my mom to get her delicious and easy recipe that she made almost every sunday growing up.

the real treat is that we're topping it off with this cake. i don't love peanut butter but eddie does, so that's what i'm making. it's in the oven right now and our house smells so good!

Las Vegas

We spent the last 4 days in Vegas and it was such a good time. Driving back we both felt like it had been months since we had been in Provo, which is a good thing- it was quite the action-packed weekend.

The main reason we went was to support the cougars in the MWC tournament, which took us on such an emotional roller coaster. We hung out w/ eddie's friends most of the time and we all kept talking about how we wish our emotions weren't so tied to the team!

Eddie and I stayed at Aunt Booboo's new house in st. george, which we were so grateful for. We stayed in vegas one night, but other than that we commuted back and forth between vegas and george. The drives were filled with lots of country music, me frantically doing assignments and submitting them in the car, and good chats. Chats about things like how it is going to work logistically when I really like 2 girl names, but only want 3 kids, 2 of them being boys. The names are Kate and Jane. Eddie kept assuring me we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

us during the second game- watching jimmer score his 52 POINTS

the whole ticket situation was quite dramatic. we went to 4 games total- all 3 cougar games and the sdsu v unlv game. as soon as byu beat new mexico we were trying to scalp tickets for the championship game, so eddie and i separated to increase our odds. well i didn't know you weren't allowed to ask for tickets INSIDE the building, which is what we were doing. long story short, some cop came and was super rude and told me to leave the building. i told him fine, ill stop asking for tickets (i had a sign) and told him to take my sign. he said, "do you want to go to jail?" and i said of course not. just let me go find my husband i don't know where he is. at this point streams of people were flooding the doors and it was chaos. everyone was looking for tickets. he was like "NO. LEAVE RIGHT NOW." so i started walking the direction eddie was and he grabbed me and made me walk out the door he wanted me to leave out of. ugh i was so flustered. so i get outside and go to call eddie and i didn't have my phone! so i started bawling. all i wanted was eddie and tickets to the game! so i found the first byu fans i could, got their phone and called eddie. his phone was off but we ended up finding each other like 30 min later. i'm downplaying this- it was all very dramatic. but we ended up getting lower bowl tix for the championship game for $40 total. blessing from above.

us so happy to have found tickets. and i had obviously been crying

we spent most of our time here- thomas & mack

us with brandon, jason & chris before the sad final game

it was fun going to games and walking the strip w these guys for hours

somehow this happened

eddie's holding their beverage

and... i really liked the tile in booboo's kitchen

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE

-bear paw cafe with everyone in st. george

-dinner at susan's with susan, jon, michael & carson

-eddie driving the entire way since i can't drive stick and not complaining

-how awesome the 75-80* weather was

-the group of people we went with made the trip even better

-discovering mcdonald's oatmeal and wanting it every meal

Eddie's Notes:

First, Marianne is making me post on this one for some reason. I don't have much to say. Marianne was semi-sick most of the trip, which wasn't too bad until nighttime when she was overwhelmed with coughing fits. I slept in the other room the entire trip, except for the night we stayed in a hotel in Vegas. I literally went to bed at 5:30, only to be awaken at 7:00 by her coughing/wheezing. The entire night I was thinking of ways to move her into the closet so I could sleep. (I also recorded her wheezing so if anyone wants to hear it let me know).

I could not have enjoyed the warm weather more. It was sunny every day, and was just perfect. I went and washed my car even though we were going to drive and get it dirty again just to be outside in the sun.

The games were really good, although way too stressful for some reason. I felt too invested in their winning, and having the opponent's fans there made it worse. I was seriously so pissed off when we lost against SDSU. What I noticed in Vegas was exactly how classless other team's fans are. People were literally yelling "F You" and "F Jimmer" as you'd walk past them. However, we were really lucky to get some tickets to the final game from an incredibly nice UNLV fan, so now I respect UNLV. Plus, they have the best chants.

Oh and the two guys in the picture are my new best friends.

praise grad school

I just created this:

and i actually understand it.

I have one of the best professors I've ever had. He's seriously incredible. He knows every student's name, plus info about them and their life plans. I've been to his office a few times and he totally has hope in me. To be honest, usually when I'm in classes that aren't my forte and the teacher catches on to that, I fall between the cracks. Dr. Nelson on the other hand sees his student's individual strengths, even if they aren't finance/taxes, and plays to their strengths. He always tells us that MPA students are such great communicators and if he can teach us just a little bit of finance, we'll do so well in our careers. Anyways, this is totally a break-through moment for me- to really understand these concepts and I'm thrilled about it.

life

This was Eddie and I last night trying to say our prayers.

For some reason we could not pull it together!

Aren't giggle fits during prayers supposed to end around age 12?

Brandon Davies

this article made me feel better than anything else in the past 24 hours. i really am amazed at BYU, and especially the rest of the team. yeah it's terrible, but i'm so impressed at the support the rest of the team is showing davies.

my favorite part of the article:

Two of Davies’ teammates, Jimmer Fredette and Charles Abouo, said Wednesday night after the loss that they stand behind their former teammate and have no resentment towards him, saying they consider him a brother.

“Everyone makes mistakes in their life,” Abouo said. “We are reaching out and trying to help him get through this.”

“He told us everything. He told us he was sorry and that he let us down. We just held our heads high and told him it was OK, that it is life, and you make mistakes, and you just got to play through it,” Fredette said.

and i loved the part where coach rose said davies will play at byu again. fingers crossed.

what a crazy turn of events.

for those who didn't understand why the student section was flapping their "wings" near the end of the game... here's the reference. Angels in the outfield. Pierced my heart.

like mother like daughter

it's no secret that my mom loves award shows. growing up, i remember her sisters calling her an hour before the award show started to see if she was watching all the stars make their way down the red carpet. and of course she was, that's the best part!

well i definitely inherited this little trait and anxiously look forward to all the award shows myself. this year was fun because eddie pretended he was really bored watching it, but he stayed the entire hour to watch the pre-show with me.

we both love matthew mcconaughey.

maybe not all his movies, but he seems so cool in real life interviews

this couple definitely stood out

i also loved scarlett johansson's hair!

i was gchatting w/ my friend jen yesterday and told her i thought it was the best it's ever looked and she thought it had never looked worse.

so idk what you think but i loved the more natural look and thought it made her even prettier.

wasn't crazy about her dress though

gwenyth made my top 3 of the night.

but when you're that pretty you can't go wrong

and lastly, this may seem like a weird choice but i loved helen mirren!

i want to be that fit/ wrinkle-free when i'm in my 60's. plus i really liked her dress and hair

also, i don't know how eddie and i haven't seen the king's speech yet. it's been on our list for months. obviously we've been missing out since it took all the oscars!