I have a reason...

But I just wanted to say this right now: "Vintage" is NOT all the old crap that your parents had in the 70's (that is covered in some form of "gold", orange, or those clocks that look like the sun with bounteous rays of love) that no one wants anymore, but you want to sell it on Craigslist to make a buck and label it "vintage" so it will be seen. That stuff is crap. CRAP. And no one wants it.
:)

Bloggin down the weight

Hi everyone! Just letting you know that I have started a new blog in addition to this one. The address is amysfitnessblog.blogspot.com. The purpose of this blog is for me to track my daily progress toward my goal of losing weight, eating healthy, and exercising regularly. I was so inspired by another blog I saw that was created for the same purpose, that I decided to make my own. Anyway, check it out.

San Francisco

Last week was UVU's Spring Break so we decided to head out from sunny Utah to sunny California. We had a blast. One of Amy's best friends lives in San Francisco so we stayed with them. It was so much fun. They did a great job of showing us the city, making sure we ate good food and keeping us entertained. As you will see in the pictures below we saw a lot of sites and altogether did a ton. We couldn't have asked for better weather.

Of course we saw the Golden Gate Bridge. We even drove across it! Twice!

We took a trip to the infamous Alcatraz

"Itty bitty living space"

This is Amy and her friend Loni with Downtown San Francisco in the background

This is a square of toilet paper from one of the bathrooms in San Fran. Like I said we were very entertained.
Mmmmm! Ghirardelli Square was YUMMY!

This is Danny, Loni and little Jaxson. Our fearless and devoted tour guides.

They were awesome!Amy confessed her undying love for me in the beach... That is until the tide comes up :(

We enjoyed the artistic Palace of Fine Arts

Too much of this and we'll have a Full House before we know it.

It was such a treat to go to the temple where my parents were married.

It wasn't until after the sun had set and the lights were on could we see why they "really" call it the Golden Gate Bridge

It was definitely worth the 29 hours in a car across lonely deserts and snowy passes... but next time, we're flying!

Thanks Danny, Loni and Jaxson!

If you want to see a few more pictures of our trip to San Francisco, check our Danny and Loni's blog

The Latest House in the hunt

So while looking in Lehi one day we decided that we should also look in American Fork. We realized that whether or not we were East or West of the freeway didn't change travel time. We found this house pretty quick and both really liked it.

My latest purchase

You may or may not know that last summer I got hooked on triathlons. Here's a little video my bro made:

Just Tri

It can get pretty expensive because you have to buy stuff for 3 sports: swimming, biking, and running. The water is usually so cold that everyone wears specialty wetsuits made for triathlons. They are usually a few hundred bucks for the "novice" versions, but tonight I was able to buy one that was a rental for the past year, soooo...now I own a wetsuit! YAY! As you can imagine, I was pretty excited when the store had one in my size. They were a LOT cheaper than retail. Yay for wetsuits! It kinda looks like this:
(I kinda look like this too...)


Also, here is a really amazing video. If you haven't heard about this, it's a father and son team that does triathlons and marathons together. The son is severely handicapped, and the dad is a true athlete. The video is of them doing an Ironman Traithlon together, which is a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run. The dad started running because his son said he wanted to be in a race. These are true champions!! (Ladies, get your tissues!)

Team Hoyt

A Tribute to Jon Schmidt

I'm at home alone tonight. Matt is coaching a hockey game, and I have so many things to do. I sat down at my desk, but had to organize it a little before I got started on homework. I did one assignment fairly quickly, so I decided to organize (for real this time). I suddenly became a little overwhelmed when I realized how many little things I need to do: stuff for the school, stuff for work, stuff for Relief Society, stuff for my own projects, homework etc. I took in a deep breath and got to work, but still feeling major overwhelmed so I decided to listen to Jon Schmidt, and ya know what? He is amazing. Thank you Jon Schmidt for making such lovely music. I feel much better now. :)

Just to make you happy

So I'm not the best blogger in the world. In fact, I'd say I'm right there with the worst. I don't really leave enough time. Well, here's a little update:
Matt and I celebrated his birthday by driving to Colorado to see an Av's game (Avalanche-Hockey) We had such a fun time! It was wonderful and as soon as I get my hands on his computer, I will add more details with pictures! (Cool, right?)
We also realized that we have been married for 1 1/2 years! Can you believe it? We didn't really celebrate, but he did buy me flowers, and surprised me with pearl earrings (to match the necklace he gave me a year ago for Christmas) :)
We are both working a lot and going to school a lot, and loving it (a lot). We are also in the super fun process of buying a home! Cool, huh? It's been fun to look around, figuring out what area we want to plant our roots, and what type of house, etc. We'll have a party when we find one! YAY!!!
Hope you all are doing well. Happy Valentines Day!!!