2 years and counting!

It's crazy to believe but Matt and I have actually been married for 2 years already! Sometimes it seems like the time just flies by and other times I can't even remember a point when I wasn’t with Matt. The last two years have been the most amazing, crazy, wonderful, beautiful two years of my life and I wouldn’t trade them for a thing! Matt and I were married Friday, February 24th, 2006 in the beautiful Mount Timpanogas Temple in American Fork, Utah. I don’t remember every little detail from that day, most of it is a blur, but some of the small things stick out like getting up early to get my hair cut and hoping I would make it back to my grandpa’s house before we needed to go to the temple, the feeling of excitement as we came out of the temple doors to visit with family and friends and the love I felt there, taking what seemed like a billion pictures in front of the temple in every which pose humanly possible (that I love looking at now), having a beautiful reception that my mom is wholly responsible for and who I can’t thank enough, having my closest three friends as my bridesmaids with me and supporting me, and reading the amazing and beautiful letters that both my Grandma’s wrote to me (both of them passed away before the time of my wedding but wrote the letters years earlier) and feeling their sweet spirit with me even if they were unable to be there in person (my favorite gift I received). So many more things made up my wedding day, cake, food, a beautiful white dress, flowers, gifts, but the most amazing thing was being sealed for all time and eternity to my best friend Matthew Allen DeGriselles. It’s hard to express it in words the way I feel for Matt and the love I have towards him, he is the most amazing, beautiful, kind, gentle, loving, silly, extraordinary man I know and I am so grateful that I am him in my life and that I get to tell him “I love you” everyday!

Ok so enough of that mushy stuff…this year to celebrate our anniversary Matt and I went up to Salt Lake City and stayed at the beautiful Anniversary Inn. For those of you who have not stayed there or even heard of the hotel it’s a beautiful little bed and breakfast in downtown Salt Lake City with silly but cute themed rooms. They have rooms from Jungle Safari to Romeo and Juliet, from Swiss Family Robinson to Jackson Hole Retreat. It’s just a silly fun place to go if you just wanna take a break from the real world and have a romantic little get-a-way. After we got married we didn’t have our official honeymoon until April but the day after the wedding we went up to the Anniversary Inn so it was quite appropriate to go back. This year we stayed in the “Treasure Island” suite. The room was shaped like you were on the deck of a pirate ship with the walls painted blue to look like sky touching the ocean, you felt like you were actually on a pirates ship (with a little imagination) and it was quite the fun room to stay in. The following day Matt and I both had the day off from work so we decided to do a little in-door rock climbing at the Quarry in Provo. It was a blast! I forgot how much I truly love rock climbing, I am already feeling the itch to get back! After that we went out to dinner at a new favorite restaurant of ours a small Italian restaurant in Provo called “La Dolce Vita” and it was so good! Overall we had an amazing anniversary! I would definitely say the best part was spending so much time with my amazing hubby and knowing that we have many, many years of amazing anniversaries to come!!

"This school is tough, it will challenge your brain, your mind, and your head."

After taking a much needed and appreciated 2-year break from school the time has come for me to strap on the backpack and get back into the swing of things. This semester I only signed up for 2 classes but they are keeping me way busy! I am taking a Math class Mon.-Thurs. evenings from 7:30-8:35pm and then a Geology class Tues. and Thurs. mornings from 7-8:15am. I just need to get these couple of generals (I have about 5 left) out of the way and then I will never have to think about them again! I am also very happy to report that I am doing very well in both classes. In the past I haven't done as well as I would like so the fact that this semester is going so well has given me a huge boost of energy to just keep pushing through school and eventually get my bachelors degree. It's actually pretty fun going to class...discussing ideas and concepts with my peers and learning some pretty amazing stuff. I even had a girl in my math class ask if I could tutor her sometime, for me that's pretty awesome since I have never been good at math but it seems like now it's finally starting to click and I couldn't be more happy! As to what I would like to major in that's still to be decided but it just feels so good to get back out there and continue to learn and keep moving forward!

Extra Credit: Does anyone know where the above quote is from?

Just some fun pics...

Here Comes the Sun...

I know it's hard to believe but there was actually sunshine today! As I was walking to the water fountain at my work, about an hour ago, I noticed through these huge windows at the entrance that there was this thing that I hadn't seen in almost a week...the Sun! It was beautiful! Now you may find it strange that I call the sun beautiful but for those of us in Utah we haven't had much opportunity in the last couple of days to see the sun. It's like the sun has decided to ditch out on us and I almost forgot what it looks like...sad huh?! We've been having storm after storm after storm and it was like there was finally a break today, it was wonderful! I can't describe how amazing it truly was to look outside and see blue skies, a bright and beautiful sun, and just feel a little at peace with the world for not throwing another snow storm at us...for now. It may be silly but it truly made my day. YEA for sunshine, I've missed ya!!

We're moving!

Matt and I are moving! YEA! We loved our old neighborhood and ward but the apartment we were living in needed some serious help so when we found out that we would have the opportunity to move into my Grandpa's house we were ESTACTIC! Not only are we going from a little 1 bedroom apartment to a 4 bedroom duplex with a master bedroom, a jetted tub, and walk-in closet, we also get to save the money we would of spent on rent. We have already moved in and just need to get unpacked...fun times let me tell ya! It's only going to be temporary, my dad and his brothers and sister are putting it on the market, but it's still a very amazing opportunity for us, plus no annoying landlords...what else can you ask for?!