Love the Fall.......Out with the old, in with the new.

I feel like I have not posted in forever! I can't believe Fall is almost gone! I seriously LOVE Fall. The mountains are as beautiful as ever, the air is so crisp and refreshing. The best thing is that it's Utah football season!! Love the football games. Russ and I just moved into our house this past weekend. I can't believe it's already done. The builder built it in 71 days! For the most part everything went smoothly. You know the saying....."if you build a house with your spouse and you are still married by the end of it you can get through anything"......ha ha, I thought Russ and I would for sure disagree on everything. However, we agreed on a lot of it. So I guess we are good to go! :) Thanks to every one who helped us move. Especially to Russ's family, they pretty much moved everything in for us. So NICE! Thanks mom and dad for letting us shack up with you for a few months, it was fun! It feels good to have our own place again. I am excited to meet our new neighbors and make lots of fun memories!

A little of Belgium....A little of Paris. So Amazing!!!

Russ and I had the amazing opportunity to go to Europe a few weeks ago! This was both of our first times over there. We first went to Belgium for a few days. It was such a cute little place. We stayed in Brussels most of the time. Then we went to Paris for a couple of days. Seriously, it's one of the coolest places I have ever been to. It's so different than anything I have ever seen. I wish we had more time but the time we did have we had a blast! Below are some pictures, I could have posted a million more but it would have taken me forever!

This is the main plaza area in Brussels.....my camera was not very good so you can't see the tops of all these buildings. They were so pretty and so old! They were built in the 1600's.

This guy totally asked us to take a picture with him....then he put his hand out and said 2 Euros.....I was like, wait, didn't you ask us to take a picture! I am just stupid and don't notice when people are trying to make money.


The pee pee boy!....aka Mannekin Pis. I thought the statue would be bigger but it was still cool to see.


I was going to buy all of you one of these to bring home. He he!

Of course we had to get a Belgium waffle and chocolate covered strawberries....they had these little stands everywhere! So yummy.


More beautiful buildings.....



Paris!!!


Getting ready to board the train to the most AMAZING city!

Arc de Triomphe!


Eiffel Tower

Michael Jackson rally under the Eiffel Tower. Everyone was going crazy over there over his death. Every store, restaurant, and shop was playing his music. I love Michael Jackson, I am sad he is gone!

On top of the good old double decker tourist bus.

Napolean's Tomb

The Madeleine




The Lourve




Seine River...goes through the whole city. So beautiful!



Sacre Coeur.......the highest point of Paris. It's this old church, it has amazing views of the whole city.



On top of Eiffel Tower. Russ got scared, he doesn't like heights :-)



Enjoying a refreshing popsicle on a warm, sunny, Paris afternoon.


Good ole crepes......they were everywhere. I don't even know how many of these Russ and I ate. They were so good!


Norte Dame


Eiffel Tower at night.....it was so cool when it all lit up and was sparkling. VERY romantic!



I don't even know what this thing is but I had to get a picture.....love the naked bodies. This one is for you Kenzie!

The Best Shaved Ice in the World.......

Ok, so I am staying on the North shore of Oahu for this work thing this week. It brings back so many memories from when I went to school here for the summer a while back. I LOVE the North shore. Anyways, there is this most amazing shaved ice place in the world here. If any of you have experienced this you know what I am talking about. It's called Matsumotos. It's this little ghetto grocery store place that is known for it's yummy shaved ice. They put vanilla ice cream in the bottom then the shaved ice on top. They also have these sweetened red beans you can put in the bottom but I just do the ice cream. I don't know why but it seriously is the best little treat. I just could not pass up the opportunity to go since I am here. I HAD to get one. I got my usual, blue raspberry with ice cream! Andrea, Katie......remember how obsessed we were with these. He he. I was so embarrassed, I had to go to this work meeting right after and my teeth and tongue were still so blue. It was hilarious. Sorry....I know this is such a random post but I had to share. :)

Race for the Cure

This past Saturday my mom, Natalee, Mackenzie, and I all did the Race for the Cure. It's a fundraiser for research on breast cancer. We did it for our long time neighbor and dear family friend Monica Bruin. She has had breast cancer twice and currently the cancer has returned in different places in her body. She is one of the most AMAZING people I know. She is so strong and you will never hear her complain. She is such an incredible mother, business woman, and friend! It was so fun to show our support and to see all the amazing people that came out for this event. We LOVE you Monica!!!! Below are some pictures from the day.

Natalee, Monica, and Me

These people had pink bras on that said "Show your Support." It was so funny!

Huge pink balloon arch!

Cute friends of Monica's, Molly, Lanna, and my mom.

Sea of pink......it was so cool!

Natalee and I and our beautiful friend Chandra.

I am definitely looking forward to doing this next year!

Attempting to Move.....

So Russ and I decided to put our townhouse up for sale. If you know of anyone that is interested in buying something that is very affordable refer them to the website below. It's a 2 bedroom, 1 and a half bath, and has amazing views of the whole Salt lake Valley. It's in the Garbett development in Herriman.

http://www.utahrealestate.com/886554

Quick Update.....Spring is Almost Here!!!!

Ok, so I feel like it’s been forever sine I have posted. Russ and I have had a crazy busy couple of months! I feel like I have been on some kind of whirl wind adventure. Since the second week of November I have been to San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Houston, NYC, Greensboro (North Carolina), Greenbay, Minneapolis, Chicago, Phoenix, Vegas, Boston, Honolulu, LA, and Denver. Of course this is all for work, not for fun, although some places I got to do some fun stuff. It’s been a really cool experience seeing all of these places. Seriously, there were some mornings I would wake up and I did not know what state I was in, I had to sit there for a minute and really think about it! Normally I don’t travel that much, but my work just launched a new product so we were just out promoting it. On top of work Russ is taking 21 freaking credit hours this semester. 3 of the credits is an internship he is doing with the Real soccer team, which he loves!!! I can wait for this semester to be over though, then he will be pretty much done! Yahoo! He is such a great husband, he NEVER complains and always just makes sure I am taken care of before he even worries about himself. Love you babe!

On another note, this week has been the best weather! I can tell Spring is just around the corner. I think Spring is my most favorite season. It’s just SO refreshing. It’s warmer, the air is so crisp and clean, it’s starting to be lighter day by day, I hate when it’s 5:00 and it’s already dark. Trees and flowers will soon be blossoming. My favorite are the cherry blossom tress, they are so pretty! I just love living in Utah so we can experience all four seasons. I am definitely looking forward to a fun Spring and an even funner Summer!

Family Pictures

A few weeks ago we had our good friend Lindsay Wright take our family pictures. She did such a good job! Below are some of the pics. Yes, we even had to do the whole Utah and BYU thing. Poor Russ...he is such a good sport to but up with all of us:) I love my family so much. They are so fun to be with, we have such great times together. Thanks Lindsay for taking our pictures, you are the best!!!