a little bit of february

february is almost over and it seems like yesterday was the first.
it's been a wonderful and full month so far.
i spend every day at work and barely squeeze an hour or two off right now.
on the bright side i truly love my job.

we are attempting to get into a solid work out routine and improve our nutrition.
p90x is quiet the program and we'll need to work into it {that's for sure}
it does feel good getting into healthier habits.
however we have had quiet the week of indulgence....
who could resist with valentine's day and brunch with close friends
and meeting up for dinner with them before a chick flick last night.
alyson and i decided we need to 'practice' girl's night... because the boys tagged along.
i suppose that might be the case for the rest of our lives.... partly because mitch and joe are like brothers.

spring is starting to tease us.
and my flower beds at home are showing signs of life.
i seriously can't wait for the days to lengthen and for it to gradually get warmer.
my life needs more color and the garden is the ultimate source

we said goodbye to the jeep
{what a nightmare of a story}
and i now inherit the hybrid and mitch is driving his {current} dream vehicle - a big bad truck.
{oddly enough} i already love it.
comfortable, smooth ride and huge cab - with plenty of room for the boys.
i strongly believe that dogs should never ride in a truck bed!

next friday is the first of March
and it's the beginning of my most favorite month.
{i'm crossing my fingers the snakes stay out of my greenhouse}
the greenhouse will quickly fill with all my 'baby' plants and my soul will be happy.
and my body will be tired.... in a good way.

celebrating three years

my week seemed to drag on forever....
i worked monday - friday.
i couldn't have been more excited to be off friday afternoon.
mitch and i planned to celebrate our anniversary saturday and sunday
3 years of marriage.
amazing how fast time flies

saturday morning we slept in and then headed to kneaders for breakfast
it was the perfect way to start our celebrations
after than we drove over to the Hyundai dealer to look at their sonata hybrid
mitch's car is allergic to the snow {that's code for it won't go anywhere once it snows}
after a test drive he was hooked.
hybrids have come such a long way.
lets just say it is one of the most amazing cars we have driven
{and we have done plenty of leg work there}
we made the switch
now i won't have to worry about snow days.... we both have snow capable cars :)

saturday evening we went out with joe and alyson.
they invited us to join them at cornbelly's
we grabbed some amazing mexican food beforehand
then we headed to thanksgiving point.
the line was crazy long. luckily we had gotten our tickets online.
no offense to anyone who loves cornbelly's..... but we found it a huge disappointment and a waste of money.
not that i love scary things.... our money would have been better spent at a haunted house.


in addition to mitch's new car, we picked up a ginormous new tv and new laptops for the both of us.
we decided to spend some of the vacation money that we had set aside
and minimize our january vacation and spend some time enjoying the resorts here snowboarding.

we are incredibly fortunate and blessed.
i'm also grateful for the growth we've experienced in the 3 years we have been married.
tuesday the 30th is our actual anniversary date but since we both work we made it a memorable weekend!

i love you baby

every now and then I may end up eating my words

I am so eager for the spring... the grass turning green, the flowers blooming, the trees bursting with blooms, the sun staying out longer, the warmth.... It's magical.

On my way home from work today I got my Jeep washed. Too many dollars... but it's worth it to have my Jeep shiny again. Plus I stopped in at Sun River gardens and Lindon Nursery. I loved the color at Sun River gardens. They have some fabulous {and expensive} plants that were tempting. Good thing I resisted and left my wallet in the car. Lindon wasn't impressive this time of year. Maybe later in the season. The one thing that was calling my name were the Silky chicks they had. Too bad Mitch has said no to chickens {for now}. Never in a million years would I have toyed with the idea to have my own chickens.... I hated taking care of the chickens my mom had when I was growing up. I've decided I've eaten a lot of "I'd never do that.."'s. Funny how that works when you grow up.

Work was fabulous today. Our dear lady Andrea is back for the season. Hip hip hooray!! I think we did a good job staying productive when all we wanted to do was chat and catch up :) Eager to be working with her most days!!

I've decided that yoga has been wonderful for me in many ways. For example: less TV, more reading, more time with the boys, more time spent improving myself, less *loud* music {I love the yoga station on Pandora}... I'm grateful for the change in my life.

**ps. I'm addicted to nail polish lately :) **

Mitch's new baby

Remember our favorite part of the month... the car show. And how our Jetta had to get towed....
Mitch knows cars. and when his gut feeling says to get ride of a car... we listen.
Well we traded in our the jetta for Mitch's new baby. 
He found a fabulous deal on the Nissan 350z. It's practically brand new, with only 14k miles on it.
Granted it's not the most ideal car for the winter road conditions.
Luckily we've had a very mild winter so far and on bad days, I can drop him off at work.
Best part of this deal... I finally get to drive my Jeep Commander ALL the time :)
I'm in love with driving an SUV.

When Mitch and I were friends and starting to date back in winter '07/'08 he had a 350z
We have some wonderful memories with that car.
So now as we are driving I'm being flooded with all of those memories :)
It's kinda neat.

The highlight of January... the car show

Every January we look forward to going to the car show up at the sandy expo center. It's the highlight of January. If you knew my husband, you'd know how much he loves cars. He's had over 25 vehicles in 9 yrs. I'm not kidding either.

Saturday we headed up to Salt Lake mid afternoon. Went to dinner at the Cheesecake factory. Went shopping for work pants for me since mine have up the ghost the day before. And then headed to the car show.

We loved looking at the jeep adventure they had this year. We decided to for go the HUGE line though. The Fisker display was incredible. Gorgeous electric car!! Admired the Nissan 370z. Drooled over the Audi R8. Loved sitting in the LandRovers. And of course dreamed of the new Mustang 5.0. Then we discussed our personal favorites of Ferrari. Mine is the Ferrari California. And Mitch loves the classic Ferrari. As always we had a fabulous time.

We head back out to car. I was exhausted!! I was ready to crawl into bed. The Judah had other plans... Didn't want to run for us. At all. It'd turn over for us but would then die. No amount of pumping the brakes would help. We were sitting ducks. I was SO grateful I grabbed my coat as we headed out the door earlier and I wore my warm cozy boots. After trying to get the car started 3 dozen times... I finally called our roadside assistance. {I'm so grateful Mitch added that to our insurance policy}. With a tow truck on the way, Mitch called his dad and he made his way from Spanish Fork to Sandy to pick us up. Thank you a million times over Dad for helping us out!! We asked to be towed to the VW dealer there in Sandy.

I am proud to say that even though I was exhausted I managed to stay chipper for Mitch. {I don't usually have the best track record when im beyond exhausted.}

We dropped the Jetta off, filled out the drop box envelope and then Dad pulled up. Mitch went to show him what it was doing. And what do you know... It fired right up. You've got to be kidding us. Mitch tried it a couple more times and it kept starting. We decided it was not worth a chancing it to drive it home so we left it at the dealer.

I was so grateful to finally make it home and be able to collapse on my bed!! Unfortunately the boys were ready to play and had energy to spare.

Favorite part of January

The one thing we look forward to most in January is the Car show at the South Town Expo Center!!! We abosolutely love it! It is so much fun looking at all the new models and dreaming of all the cars we'd love to own some day. I especially enjoyed it this year because we've been talking about what would be my next car. I'm wanting an SUV and we decided that the new Extera by Nissan is a perfect fit for us :) Oh the fun of day dreaming!


This morning I woke up with the most head splitting headache :( I could barely get out of bed. However, we were good and made it to sacrament. It was ward conference and I really enjoyed the speakers. My favorite was learning to listen to the Holy Ghost. Unfortunately that was all I could do. {The screaming children were murder for my head} So we came home and I went to sleep. I woke up to Mitch cooking us lunch :) I have the sweetest, most amazing husband ever! He has even taken upon himself to wash all the laundry today! Luckily my headache faded through the afternoon.


Now I'm attempting to keep up at my goals for the year and am cooking dinner. I'm making a Spaghetti with garlic, onions and bacon :) Sounds delicious! It smells wonderful so far, I'm hoping it tastes just as amazing. If it does... I'll pass the recipe on.