If someone would have told me that I would someday call myself a Cougar, I would have laughed and said "yeah right"! But, it is true, I am now wearing BLUE! As of March 31st, I am now an assistant coach for the women's volleyball team! I am super excited to have this opportunity and am so INCREDIBLY grateful for it! They wanted me to get started right away so that I could be around for the end of the spring season so I flew out leaving my loving and incredibly supportive husband in Minnesota to finish up his law schooling without me. I will be heading back out the end of April to get things cleaned and packed and officially move us out to Utah afer he graduates in mid-May. It has been difficult to be apart from him but like I said he has been the sweetest husband and couldn't be more excited for me and this job! I owe him BIG TIME!! I will definitely be happy to see him again in a couple of weeks. I will post more about our big move when the time comes but for now... I'm just happy to be here! :)4.12.2010
If someone would have told me that I would someday call myself a Cougar, I would have laughed and said "yeah right"! But, it is true, I am now wearing BLUE! As of March 31st, I am now an assistant coach for the women's volleyball team! I am super excited to have this opportunity and am so INCREDIBLY grateful for it! They wanted me to get started right away so that I could be around for the end of the spring season so I flew out leaving my loving and incredibly supportive husband in Minnesota to finish up his law schooling without me. I will be heading back out the end of April to get things cleaned and packed and officially move us out to Utah afer he graduates in mid-May. It has been difficult to be apart from him but like I said he has been the sweetest husband and couldn't be more excited for me and this job! I owe him BIG TIME!! I will definitely be happy to see him again in a couple of weeks. I will post more about our big move when the time comes but for now... I'm just happy to be here! :)
2.25.2010
Footloose
Last night Chris and I got the chance to go see Footloose the musical at Chanhassen Dinner Theaters. We HIGHLY recommend it! It was such a fun night and the actors played their roles so well! Seriously so much fun! I was hoping for a remake of Ren McCormick's(played by Kevin Bacon in the 1984 major motion picture) slam-dance warehouse scene. BUT sadly there was none. However in was full of some stellar dancing and they remade the movie into a great on stage musical! It was definitely a night to remember! Thanks mom and pop Alme for giving me such a fun and memorable birthday present! We love you! Here are some pictures of the original movie that I simply love! I mean, who doesn't love this movie?!
2.12.2010
The LOVE of my life!!!
"The way you hold my hand, there is no other way".
I love you Christopher.
Will you be my forever valentine?
Will you be my forever valentine?
2.08.2010
27 YEARS YOUNG
I am now 27, or... as my husband puts it... only 3 years away from 30! Haha, I had such an awesome birthday! It was full of heartfelt birthday wishes from all my friends and family, incredible expressions of love from my man, SNOW, and it lasted for about 4 days!!!
On Thursday, my actual birthday, I received some wonderful cards and presents in the mail. My best friend, who is WAY too good to me :), sent me a really cute shirt and some fun jewelry, and bet of all... a giant birthday cookie!!! Thanks Lace, you are the best!!! Later that evening my husband took me out to Olive Garden for dinner, which is one of my many favorite restaurants, and to see the movie The Princess and the Frog... SO GOOD!!! When we got home he used the giant birthday cookie to put candles in. He accidently bought a 2 and a 6 though (I think he wants me to stay 26 forever) so he fixed it by adding a matchstick as the 7th candle. It was perfect! :) He then surprised me by giving me a present that I so much wanted... music! Piano and guitar music by Taylor Swift and Colbie Caillat! I stinkin love it!
On Friday I received more birthday cards and birthday $, YAY!!! Which I plan on pampering myself with.
And on Sunday we went over to my in-laws to watch the super bowl, and there was an angel food cake with strawberries and whipped cream waiting for me! It is my absolute favorite and was so delicious! Let's just say it was one fantastic birthday week had by me!! Thank you to everyone who made it so amazing! :) Here are some pictures of the fun-ness!
Oops, it almost slid off the plate!!
Snow!2.02.2010
Time and All Eternity
January 9th, 2010 will be a day that I will never forget. My husband took me to the Salt Lake temple and fulfilled a promise and a blessing that I have been striving and hoping for all of my life! At 10:20am we were sealed for time and all eternity and it was perfect. We were filled with unmeasurable joy! Our family, friends, and loved ones were all there with us and we couldn't have asked for a better day!
Even though it was pretty cold outside, I couldn't feel it! I was full of joy and warmth and LOVE!! I LOVE THIS MAN! We have had this inseparable bond between us for SO long. A connection that was like non other, but now it feels like we are on a whole other level of together. I was trying to explain or describe it to my best friend but words are hard to find. Haha it is just incredible how we are even closer and more in love than ever now that we have taken this eternal step! It is truly awe inspiring to be in the temple, in the celestial room, with my better half! :) I love you babe! Thank you!!1.04.2010
Happy New Year!
So it is now January of 2010... CRAZY!! I am so excited for this new year! Many exciting things are happening! First, my husband got me a gym membership which was what I absolutely wanted most! And I am so excited to get back into my workout routine! Next, my husband finished up his first semester of his last year of law school, not without a little bit of stress though! Here he is trying to finish up a 50 page paper... SINGLE SPACED... before Christmas. 
Needless to say he is happy to be done and on to his last semester!
We had a blast with Christopher's side of the family for Christmas. We spent it up in northern Minnesota at their cabin and it was a party! We rode snowmobiles, ate lots of yummy food, played games, laughed, ate, laughed and ate some more! AND Christopher surprised me with an adorable present int he snow one night!
I was doing my work for my brother and Christopher went out to play in the snow with the dogs. When he came back in he told me to look outside ... then he got a huge hug, kiss, and and I love you right back!! :)
Here are some pictures I took on Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
My beautiful sisters-in-law Stacy(center) and Sarah(right).
Sarah and her dog Sadie getting an awesome EX-boyfriend chew toy!! Haha Sadie wanted to rip into it right away! 
Stacy gave her dog Nala a Snuggie for Christmas, haha it was awesome!
Christopher and I getting ready to head out on the sleds for one last ride before we went home. Such a fun time!
Christopher and I spent New Years with our friends and had a pretty chill yet FUN night! We watched the U of Minnesota bowl game, ate pizza, played Battle of the Sexes, GIRLS WON! And watched the ball drop in New York. Over-all it was a very fun evening and we even stayed awake for the clock to strike 12!
And finally... the most important thing that this new year is bringing with it is the day that Christopher and I will be sealed for time and all eternity to one another in the Salt Lake Temple! January 9, 2010 is going to be a day neither of us will ever forget! I can't wait to look and my husband through eternal eyes across the alter! I love you babe!
Happy New Year everyone!
Needless to say he is happy to be done and on to his last semester!We had a blast with Christopher's side of the family for Christmas. We spent it up in northern Minnesota at their cabin and it was a party! We rode snowmobiles, ate lots of yummy food, played games, laughed, ate, laughed and ate some more! AND Christopher surprised me with an adorable present int he snow one night!
I was doing my work for my brother and Christopher went out to play in the snow with the dogs. When he came back in he told me to look outside ... then he got a huge hug, kiss, and and I love you right back!! :)Here are some pictures I took on Christmas Eve and Christmas day.
My beautiful sisters-in-law Stacy(center) and Sarah(right).
Sarah and her dog Sadie getting an awesome EX-boyfriend chew toy!! Haha Sadie wanted to rip into it right away! 
Stacy gave her dog Nala a Snuggie for Christmas, haha it was awesome!
Christopher and I getting ready to head out on the sleds for one last ride before we went home. Such a fun time!
Christopher and I spent New Years with our friends and had a pretty chill yet FUN night! We watched the U of Minnesota bowl game, ate pizza, played Battle of the Sexes, GIRLS WON! And watched the ball drop in New York. Over-all it was a very fun evening and we even stayed awake for the clock to strike 12!
And finally... the most important thing that this new year is bringing with it is the day that Christopher and I will be sealed for time and all eternity to one another in the Salt Lake Temple! January 9, 2010 is going to be a day neither of us will ever forget! I can't wait to look and my husband through eternal eyes across the alter! I love you babe!Happy New Year everyone!
12.22.2009
Oh Christmas Tree, OH CHRISTMAS TREE!
Our first Christmas as a little family! YAY! Christopher and I wanted to decorate but we are on a budget so we had to be smart about it. Luckily we found some great deals at Walmart and Target for decorations! AND my mother-in-law gave us this beautiful wreath tha
t she made last year which I am SO grateful for! 
We also decided to invest in a fake tree for now, hopefully it will last us until we decide to start buying real trees! You never know with my dog, she might just get a hankering for fake Christmas tree one day and then it will be toast! We decorated it with lights, and bulbs, and some of Christopher's old ornaments that he had made as a kid! Haha and that is really all the decorating we did! We decided that our Christmas decorating was a bit ghetto and it's perfect!
Ok now for the honest truth! This is my first Christmas away from my family and I got a bit depressed about it! Haha in fact I had a bit of a melt down and just started crying incessantly one night! Poor poor Christopher! He was so cute and even offered that we find a cheap ticket for me to fly to visit my parents for a couple of days! After a big hug and some blowing of the nose, I told him that I would be fine and that I was just missing them. THEN an idea hit me that would bring my parents and family Christmas to me! My dad's famous caramel popcorn!! My family has a Christmas tradition that consists of my dad making his yummy caramel-corn, my mom bagging and tagging it, and then us getting dressed up in our Santa hats and caroling to our friends and neighbors with the treat! We even invite Santa to join us (the guys rotate every year and I think next year Christopher is going to have to take his turn)! It is one of my favorite traditions my family has! SO I decided to make my dad's caramel popcorn! It definitely did the trick in cheering me up! AND it only took me one not so good batch to make a few great batches! Once I tasted this yummy treat I was instatly cured of my sadness! I am so thankful for traditions and families! I have an incredible family and even though I will be missing them this Christmas I also have wonderful in-laws to spend the holidays with and to experience/create new traditions with and I am so excited for that!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!
t she made last year which I am SO grateful for! 
We also decided to invest in a fake tree for now, hopefully it will last us until we decide to start buying real trees! You never know with my dog, she might just get a hankering for fake Christmas tree one day and then it will be toast! We decorated it with lights, and bulbs, and some of Christopher's old ornaments that he had made as a kid! Haha and that is really all the decorating we did! We decided that our Christmas decorating was a bit ghetto and it's perfect!
Ok now for the honest truth! This is my first Christmas away from my family and I got a bit depressed about it! Haha in fact I had a bit of a melt down and just started crying incessantly one night! Poor poor Christopher! He was so cute and even offered that we find a cheap ticket for me to fly to visit my parents for a couple of days! After a big hug and some blowing of the nose, I told him that I would be fine and that I was just missing them. THEN an idea hit me that would bring my parents and family Christmas to me! My dad's famous caramel popcorn!! My family has a Christmas tradition that consists of my dad making his yummy caramel-corn, my mom bagging and tagging it, and then us getting dressed up in our Santa hats and caroling to our friends and neighbors with the treat! We even invite Santa to join us (the guys rotate every year and I think next year Christopher is going to have to take his turn)! It is one of my favorite traditions my family has! SO I decided to make my dad's caramel popcorn! It definitely did the trick in cheering me up! AND it only took me one not so good batch to make a few great batches! Once I tasted this yummy treat I was instatly cured of my sadness! I am so thankful for traditions and families! I have an incredible family and even though I will be missing them this Christmas I also have wonderful in-laws to spend the holidays with and to experience/create new traditions with and I am so excited for that!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!
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