Typical :)

I just found out that I have to go to Chicago again in March for work.  Since everyone I am meeting with is already in Chicago, the actual day depends on when I can come.  Before I gave an answer, I decided to email Ryan and make sure I wasn't forgetting anything important coming up in March.  This was his response:

"I don’t think anything is planned for March right now…except for the end of college basketball, the MWC Tournament in Vegas, and the NCAA Tournament (round 2 will have some games in Salt Lake).  Other than that I can’t think of anything right now…maybe BYU Football season ticket renewal is around that time too. J"

Oh, of course!  How could I forget about March Madness (which I didn't, actually... that's a very important month around here)!  I think I'll just call up my boss and ask if we can switch it to April since I have some very important basketball games to watch that month.  To be quite honest though, when I sent the email, I already knew that his response would include something about basketball! I love my life. That's all.

Young Women mutual ideas

Ok, I cannot seem to revert back to my teenage years and remember my mutual activities... but I know we had some good ones!  Anyway, I am in serious need of a list of some good class activities for my beehives.  If you remember any fun activities from your days in Young Women's, please let me know (oh, and as soon as possible please).  THANKS!!

P.S. I was talking to the young women about what we were doing for mutual on Wednesday and apparently "'mutual' is a term their grandmas use."  These days it's just plain old "Young Women's."  Seriously?! If their grandmas are 25 years old, then maybe they are correct.  But we always called it mutual.  Whatever.

Good news!

Guess what?  Both the Orem and Draper In-N-Outs open this next Thursday, November 19th!  I may or may not have called their corporate offices just to check... but when you pass it like 5 times a day, you can't help but always wonder when it will open since it looks done.  Yay for not having to cook dinner next Thursday!  

In celebration, I will leave you with In-N-Out's "Secret Menu" items so you can be ready to throw out the real In-N-Out lingo.

And check out this 20X20 someone actually ordered and ate:

One/Two Years ago

As I was working today I had to check the date and realized that it was November 2nd. Exactly two years ago, on a Friday night, Ryan and I went on our first date to Comedy Sports, hot chocolate, and games till 2:30 a.m. (and I didn't even get tired!).  Then our second date was the next day to a BYU football game (definitely a foreshadow of the future) vs. Colorado State.  Then our third date was that next Tuesday to the movie theater where we saw the Bee Movie.  Then our fourth date was on Wednesday at the HBLL.  Then our fifth date was on Thursday to make pesto pasta for lunch at my apartment.  Then our sixth date was on Friday in Alpine to make pizza with his cousins and their spouses at his house.  Then, well... you get the picture...

A little less than a year later, and a few weeks after I got back from Chicago, we started talking about marriage more seriously.  I told Ryan that September was too soon for me, as was October, but that from November on was probably free game.  Lo and behold, November 1st, 2008, Ryan asked me to marry him.  Ha!  He sure didn't waste any time (which I was okay with)!

Anyway, it is crazy how fast time has gone by!  It is unbelievable how much we have done in the last year or two.  So, to reminisce, I went back through all of our old pictures and had a great walk down memory lane.  The end.

Happy Halloween, from Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head!

Ryan and I didn't really plan on dressing up or doing anything for Halloween.  Then, Thursday night we decided to make costumes so Ryan would have something to wear to his work party and for our little Halloween get-together with the Scott's on Saturday.  After little debate, we agreed to be Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head.  Let's just say we stayed up waaaaay past our bedtime to get this done on time for Ryan to wear to work the next day.  But it was totally worth it for these pics: 

Here's the Mister hopping on his trax ride into town, lunch sac in hand:

Don't be fooled by this picture... trax got a lot more full as the ride went on!  Ryan definitely had some admirers.

Still not sure how he worked all day like this, but he did:

We won't even tell you what time in the night (morning) this was taken at, and please ignore the costume mess in the background:

The final product: Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head:

The Happy Couple's first kiss caught on camera.  It was great (our eyes say it all):

After a little trick-or-treating with the tough little soccer player (Tyler) and kitty-cat ballerina (Susie) around the neighborhood, Ryan and I headed out to meet up with Hannah Montana and Billy Ray Cyrus for dinner and carmel apples.  It was a total party in the U.S.A. Chili's Restaurant.

In case you're wondering, it really WAS as uncomfortable/awkward as it looks.  But totally worth it.

College GameDay

It came.  We went.  We had fun.  Then BYU got killed.  The end.  So when we got to the GameDay setup, we counted a LOT of tents outside from people who had slept out the night before to get a good spot.  We also know a bunch of people who went and joined the ranks at 4 and 5am.  Ryan and I got there at about 8 am and we still had a good view and a lot of fun.  One of the best parts was reading all of the signs and people-watching.

Gardner Village

This place is awesome at Halloween time.  They have witch displays everywhere and big trees covered in green twinkle lights.  There were also a bunch of cute little shops that were having great deals (and some not-so-great deals) on home decor.  There was also a little candy store that sold cool flavors of taffy and tons of random flavors of fudge, which we of course couldn't resist trying.  It was definitely a fun activity to put you in a Halloweenish mood!

My mom thinks that this witch's attitude and mine have something in common and made me pose with her.

My parents have always been way into fashion.  Exhibit A:

The most amazing fudge!  I picked white chocolate or vanilla praline and Ryan got cinnamon crumb cake fudge.

Okay, so this one was at Wal-Mart but for some reason Ryan didn't want to take any pics with the witches.