this year has gone by so fast! this month marks being married for 9 months. if we had a honeymoon baby, I'd be ready to pop! speaking of babies, I feel like its the season to get preggers! I've got 2 aunts on mat's side pregnant, my sister in law Kacey, and two of my best friends are pregnant, and another aunt on mat's...

mat and I are lucky enough to have the same group of friends, so when we started dating, neither of us had to become strangers to our besties. however, it did make going on dates a little difficult. since we were so used to just meeting up with all of our friends, we would tend to forget to get a little "us" time....

this year has flown by, so many big events happened - I got married, two of my best friends got married, another one of my best friends will be married in a couple weeks. our summer was spent celebrating mat and I's first birthdays as a married couple, countless bbq's in our new home, putting our pool to good use, camping, movies. and now we're nearing...

a good husband leaves a cute note in the fridge for his wife when he leaves for the weekend. ...

so my october resolutions... thus far I am 2 for 5. 1. running program - I've been keeping on track with my running, although I'm thinking of repeating this week of training because it's been kicking my butt, and I think I need to get better at it before I make it more difficult for myself. 2. morning karve - ehh... okay so...

7 months today with this fella could I be any happier? nope, don't think so :) ...

in my recent running ventures, i've found so much satisfaction in being up and at 'em while the sun is rising.  ...

this is my niece eli (pronounced 'ellie,' short for 'elizabeth'), exhausted and still cute as ever after swimming. she's one of the best chunks around. the only time she gets fussy is when she's tired, in which case you case lay her on your shoulder, slowly sway back and forth, and hum lightly. she'll usually sing right along to whatever you're humming until...

I used to make goals pretty consistently, but I had a hard time actually following through with them. I plan to really push myself this time and get through everything I'm setting out to accomplish. since its already half way through september, I'm just going to start all my goals today and have a little extra time to get where I want to...

yyyyep. take a gander at this... with particular attention to "Lung Age"... so today I went to the doctor because I've been running quite a bit for the last two weeks and my exercise induced ashtma has been kicking in. I really didn't think it would be that big of a deal, figured I would just have to get an albuterol inhaler to...

I turned 22 in may, and mat surprised me with a trip to disneyland! now for those of you that don't know mat, this is a big deal. not the whole "surprise" thing, he's actually quite good at surprises. but the whole disneyland thing. he hates disneyland! I've been asking him to go to disneyland for as long as I can remember, and...

tonight I took my first shot at couponing... success! I'm nowhere near these veteran couponers, who somehow get $300+ worth of groceries for less than $50, but for my first time I would say I didn't do half bad. it took me about 2 hours to browse the aisles with my small pile of coupons that I had clipped, and it was insanely...

mat and I sleep in pretty much every chance we get, but lately I've been waking up early no matter what! I could go to bed at 2 in the morning, and still be up by 7. mat, on the other hand, could sleep in until 2 in the afternoon if I let him. usually what happens is I wake up and keep...

today happens to be exactly one year since the magic happened. say whaaat? its true! exactly one year ago today, sparks flew and Mat and I started dating. it wasn't a completely smooth transition, but I'd say about 99% smooth haha. this is our first appearance as a couple! sort of. kacey's wedding. about two months before this, mat requested the day off...

This is my blog version 2.0. I just spent a long time revamping it... and its still not where I want it to be. much like our little house! Still much to update this little thing on, however its fairly late and Matthew and I are watching a moofie. Laaaaata! ...

so far... so GREAT! I have zero complaints. granted, its been a whole 8 days, 6 days were spent in a giant blur, and the last 2 have been spent putting our little home together. tomorrow is the start of REAL married life. I'll let you know how it goes. ...

Tomorrow. Tomorrow. Tomorrow! I literally can't believe it. Where the heck did time go?! Needless to say, this past week has been ridiculously hard. Tomorrow is the day that I will be sealed for all time and eternity to the Shakinator. That's right. The Shakinator. ...

Yes, I have glory days. They were years 1-3 of high school as a Mountain View Pommie. Yep, I was one of them! Don't judge me. My Pom career didn't start off gorgeous... it was my first time dancing for three years since I had surgery and from what I could tell, I sucked next to this chicks doing triple pirouettes without a...

I have never been a good blogger... which is why this one is so bare, and why I've never advertised my blog elsewhere. Lots and lots of things have happened as of late. 1. The wedding is March 5th! Take a gander at our awesome announcements. Awesomeness courtesy of Kacey of kandkphotos.com. And for the record, that is March 5th as in 8...