Christmas, a little late....

So I am just now posting about Chirstmas--sorry. But if you know me at all, well, you know. So here it is!

Heath and I spent Christmas this past year in Oklahoma with my parents! We had a lot of fun with my parents. Played some fun games and got to see some family. It is so good to go home! We can't wait to get to visit again!

While I was home, my mom helped me arrange to have a few friends over to catch up--chocolate fountain included! Thanks, Mom for all the help planning it!

Deb and Nate all the way from Hawaii

We had a really good time getting to see friends!

Birthday, part 2

I am officially 25! Doesn't feel one bit different to be honest! It's been a great one though!

Here's the follow up! (I'm pretty proud that I am actually writing this now, and not in February. Sweet.)

Heath and I survived snowboarding! The Canyons was great, as was our instructor, Rube! But I have to say, I am sooooo sore today! arms, legs, SORE! But we had so much fun!

 

 It was suuuuper slick on the snow, but it was so great to learn together!

 I love doing anything with this man. It's always fun!

After a long day of snowboarding we packed up our things and headed down to SLC to see Heath's parents! We went out to dinner at the Outback Steakhouse, then came home and opened some presents! Gotta love Birthdays! Plus. There was CAKE!

 

Courtesy of Sherry

It's always sad to see our long weekend getaway end, but it was so fun and full of memories!

Birthday Weekend, part 1

It's my birthday! (on Tuesday, you still have time to get me an awesome present *winkwink*) Heath and I are spending the weekend prior to my birthday up in Park City at my grandparents' condo--sweet, right? I thought so. We've been getting some much need R&R.

  sunset from our back porch last night :)

Tomorrow, Heath & I are going snowboarding at The Canyons. Remember this post? We'll consider this to be our "to be continued". We are taking a class, seeing as Heath has never actually been snowboarding before, and I haven't been in so long, I figured it would probably be a good idea! Plus, it's no fun to do it alone!

I will post a 'Part 2' after tomorrow. Wish us luck!

BYU v. Arizona

I've been slacking in my blogging duties lately.... here's a post, and stay tuned for some more in the coming days!

Heath and I went to the BYU v. Arizona basketball game at the Energy Solutions Arena (where the Jazz play) earlier this month!

It was a "white out", hence us both in white.

 

BYU played great! Cosmo showed up super festive and led a few cheers....

He even let Heath and I take a picture with him!

We had a lot of fun! Plus, added bonus, BYU won, handedly! After the game we went to the Gateway Mall and finished up some Christmas shopping. I love that mall! They had an enormous tree, with pretty sweet lights! So obviously we needed to take a picture in front of it. Unfortunately, the lighting isn't the greatest, but it works, and you get the general idea!

Heath and I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas--we're a little late! More posts to come soon! Now to start thinking about New Year's Resolutions....Maybe check off a few things on my bucket list?

Snow Day!

Today started off pretty frustrating....Heath and I had planned to go up to the Canyons in Park City to take snowboarding classes. It snowed over a foot yesterday and last night--perfect powder. So, perfect day, right? Kind of wrong....

So we left our house, the roads were, not the greatest, yet we plugged along. We arrived at the mouth of Provo Canyon, ready to navigate whatever it had in store for us. Denied. We needed either chains or 4WD. We had neither.

So we head into Orem to buy chains. After many different stores, we found one that actually sold chains (it was almost comical how many stores we tried). Chains on the tires, we drive back toward Provo Canyon. CANYON CLOSED. Denied AGAIN!

My first thought, "Are you serious???". I'm pretty frustrated at this point because, you see, we had reservations with the Canyons...reservations that per their online statement are "non-refundable". Snowboarding isn't cheap. At this point I was pretty sure I was out some major (to me) cash! I made Heath call the Canyons, because, if I am being honest, with the state of mind I was in, I would have either flown off the handle or started crying if they said what I thought they might say....

Let me just tell you, they were SO NICE and UNDERSTANDING! Huge sigh of relief! We got a voucher and plan to take the class in the near future.

So, to make our day fun, we went and bought some disk sleds and headed to Rock Canyon Park for some sledding! We made a few snow angels at the end--what else is there to do in untouched snow?? It was a good day! Enjoy some pics!

Photography

So I purchased a dSLR camera a few months ago, my goal to become better at photography, check out this fun little giveaway I found via a friend! The photography is absolutely gorgeous! I can only hope that I win!

http://meganpapworth.com/blog/

Pretty amazing stuff, right??

Wish me luck!

Halloween & Thanksgiving

So here are a few more updates. Obviously I am really good at keeping this blog updated & current.

Heath and I spent Halloween on our couch watching Monsters, Inc. & eating candy. We had one group of trick or treaters stop by, so there was A LOT of candy!

Heath even made some pretty awesome chex mix (I made some muddy buddies, not pictured).

Thanksgiving was pretty uneventful this year. I was at the hospital working--someone has to take care of the sick people, even on the holidays! Heath, however, spent the day up in Riverton, UT with family. He brought me home some pretty delicious food! I was sad I had to miss seeing everyone, but that's the way it goes...

The good news is, Heath & I will be home for Christmas! That's right! We're heading to Oklahoma from the 22nd-28th. Needless to say, we are both pretty excited!

Here are a few pictures to leave you with. The great thing about colder weather is the awesome sunsets!

 

I love this time of year!