The Oquirrh Mtn Temple Open House!

Yesterday Matt and I had the opportunity to attend the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House along side Matt's brother Aaron and I have to admit the temple is amazing! The Oquirrh Mountain Temple is the only temple located in the same city as a previous one (the Jordan River Temple) which I thought was pretty stinkin cool! Before we toured the temple we watched a short 10 minute video about the importance of temples, temples around the world, and how grateful residents of this area are to have this temple so close. Shortly after the video we gathered in huge lines (I couldn't believe how many people attended!) and after a little waiting we silently walked through the temple and it's gorgeous! It reminded me a lot of the beautiful Draper Temple (which we toured a few months ago) with it's murals and amazing attention to details. It's always refreshing to me to witness first hand the beauty which Temples are, inside and out. Taking the evening to tour this magnificent House of God with my hubby and brother-in-law was more then I could ask for!

My little smurf!

My latest bout of boredom and clay has brought about this little blue guy...

It's suppose to be Matt though I don't think he came out quite as spot on as I would like. I see the resemblance but it needs a little work. Either way I think he's pretty cute!

Work + Clay + Bordem = Gandhi?

I made this little guy today at work and I think he turned out pretty good. He is approx. 2 1/2" tall and it took me off and on about 2 hours to make. What do you think?

All I need are the shoes now!

So last night my amazing, wonderful, and adorable husband decided to celebrate Christmas a little early and spoiled me like crazy! With how often we're going rock climbing these days and because he knows how much I love it he took me up to IME (International Mountain Equipment) and we picked out a new harness (for both of us actually), a chalk bag, a chalk sock, a carabiner, and a belaying device...all in one quick trip! How freakin awesome is that?! If you're looking around for equipment I definitely recommend this store. Not only was the store clerk super nice and informative, he had me try on about 5 harness to make sure I got the one that felt the best. We also got to hang in them and Matt and I were both pleasantly surprised at how comfortable good quality harness are, such a difference! The last thing we need to get now is some shoes but for now I am pretty stoked and just ready to hit the gym again! Thanks babe!!

My harness (Singing Rock Attack)

Matt's harness (Black Diamond)

Our Mad Rock Chalk Bag and Chalk Sock

And our Belaying Device and Carabiner

We be Halo playin fools!

So with the recent addition (the all-to-freakin-awesome) internet at our condo and combination of (all-to-freakin-awesome) friends, Matt and I have been playing Halo almost every night on Xbox Live and we’ve been loving it! It might seem like a huge waste of time playing video games every night but I have to beg to differ. For starters it gives us the opportunity to spend time together…talking, laughing, having fun, and definitely helps distress us from the day. However the major highlight of playing now (with Xbox Live) is that we’ve been able to play with my bud Kathy, her hubby Greg as well as Matt’s brother Aaron and it’s been a blast! We’ve been playing a lot of Halo 3 recently (though I must admit I am utterly horrible at!) and hopefully we’re gonna start playing (my favorite game) Call of Duty 2 which is much more up my ally! It’s also been pretty fun because we all have headsets so we can talk to each other (while we’re blowing each other up) and what’s better then that? We've been having a blast and I am just grateful for awesome buds that like to have a little fun with us and keep us on our toes!