3 down, an eternity to go!

On March 18 we celebrated 3 big ones! Time has flown by and the years just keep getting better and better...we've had so much fun together over the years and since we just celebrated 3 great ones, I wanted to go back in time and post a little tribute:

dAting:

Above and below: best date I've ever been on, flew from Provo to SLC in a 4 seater plane for dinner with some friends.

Below: When I went home for the summer, Eric flew out to visit me. He stayed with my family and I for a week. This is the day he talked to my parents about marrying me.

the BiG day:

oUr first plaCe:

the KeepSake caKe: we ate the top of our wedding cake on our one month anniversary because we knew it wouldn't be good sitting for a year in our freezer, plus we needed the room! It was tasty.

ouR fiRst aNniveRsary: well this picture was 5 days before our 1st year anniversary because Eric was sick with the flu so we celebrated at home sick in bed.

ouR secOnd aNnivErsary: we celebrated on a small beautiful island called Boracay in the Philippines...it was amazing (see philippines posts for more pics).

our second pad: we have the second floor, not the whole house!

our third house: no pics of our 4th house yet!

our third anniversary:

I couldn't have chosen a more perfect match for me. We have an awesome relationship, we really are each others best friend...can't believe its already been 3 years, yet it feels like its been a lot longer. For our 3rd anniversary we both took the day off and spent the day together. We went to park city, went for a bike ride, ate sushi, and went to the movies. It was a perfect day - this picture isn't from this day, but its the most recent one we have together. Thanks Eric for 3 wonderful years...I love ya!

4 months in a nutshell

So the year has flown by too fast...I just wanted to share a little of what we've been up to:

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

We went to the Sundance Film Festival in January. We love going because of the crazy atmosphere...and all the celebrities of course. This year was the first time we were able to see a film, we got lucky and someone was selling their tickets for a great movie that barely made it to the festival, we didn't even have to wait in line. The movie was: The Winning Season. What's amazing about seeing the premire of a move at sundance is the whole cast is watching it with you, we didn't even realize this but one of the actors was sitting right behind us. When the movie was over the director came up and talked about the movie, so did the actors that were in it and we had time for questions and answers. It was an amazing feeling to be with these talented actors and actresses, especially the director. It was a great movie, a must see!

DRAPER TEMPLE OPEN HOUSE

We went to the Draper Temple Open House, it was an experience to remember. I've never been to an open house so I was especially excited. It was amazing to me how organized everything was, from the video at the church, to the transportation, and everything in between. We loved it, especially for how strongly we could feel the spirit. We're looking forward to the West Jordan Temple to be finished so we can do it all over again.

SNOWBOARDING

MCHAMMER/VANILLA ICE CONCERT

We got free VIP tickets through our Scion car club; free food, free dessert, great seats, and good company! It was an ok performance, but what can you expect when Orem, UT is the ONLY show/concert they did! I fell asleep during McHammer but that doesn't say much, I could fall asleep anywhere, anytime! We weren't too impressed with Vanilla Ice, but it was still fun, better than sitting at home. The most entertaining part was watching everyone dressed up in their 80's gear, a lot of people went all out, I was surprised!

MONSTER CIRKUS

Our buddy Lief from Arkade Magazine organized an awesome show in downtown SLC. It was an afternoon full of concerts, snowboard jibs, and freestyle motorcross, all in the heart of the Gallivan Center. Lief is hoping to turn this into a yearly event so come on out for the fun next year!

Eric's 26th Birthday Bash

On Tuesday was Eric's 26th Birthday! Happy Birthday Eric! We celebrated by going to Goodwood BBQ with some of our great friends on Monday night. We managed to squeeze all 17 of us on one table. We had great service despite the big group. Goodwood was nice enough to even let us bring our own cake. Greg used to work at Baskin Robins and makes delicious ice cream cakes...we asked him to make Eric's birthday cake and he was all about it! It turned out great and looked just as good as the real thing, he still has his touch 10 years later! Eric was nervous that Greg was going to do something crazy and embarrassing to the cake, but he didn't (almost) and it turned out perfect. Thanks Greg and Jalaine -she helped too - for the amazing cake...everyone loved it! The party didn't stop there, after dinner we all headed to Miracle Bowl...it was good times and had lots of laughs. We have great friends and are so thankful for each and every one of them....thank you all for celebrating with us! The next day -Eric's real day of birth - we slept in and I made Eric breakfast. It's tradition that Eric take his day off school and work, so of course I did too. We just hung out and spent the whole day together in the "big city" - went shopping, went to the movies, ate sushi, and hung out with his family. It was perfect, I love that boy!

Love's in the Air

Just wanted to make a little post of what we did for the day of Love. After Eric got home from work we decided to brave the crowds and go out for dinner. But before we headed out Eric asked me to grab something from the car for him, I was skeptical but went anyway, in the car I found a pound-and-a-half-heart-shaped-box full of See's Candies (custom, not pre-arranged, the only way to go). It was the only thing I wanted. I was so happy to see all those beautiful chocolates staring back at me...don't worry, I didn't leave Eric empty handed, I got him the book he has been wanting for a while, Wall and Piece by Banksy (graffiti art, makes for a good coffee table book).

With all the restaurants in Salt Lake City (Utah County doesn't have as great of a selection) we knew we'd find a restaurant without a crazy wait. We love Thai so we hopped on Urban Spoon (the coolest application for iphone) and found a great little Thai restaurant in Downtown, little did we know that this little Thai restaurant also served Filipino food. That's right, Filipino food! Slowly all the Filipino restaurants started closing down in SLC and Utah county, and we thought there were none left. But it turns out there is one and we happened to find it by accident, its called Five Star. With all the Thai restaurants in SL, how did we manage stumble upon the one that serves Filipino food?

When we saw the Filipino flag hanging in the restaurant and a sign that said "we serve Filipino food" we were shocked and knew we hit the jackpot. For Filipino food, you actually have to ask for a different menu, when Eric ordered his Filipino dish the owners came over and started talking to us...they were curious as to why we ordered Filipino food. Turns out they are Filipino too. We hit it off with the owners and even got on their emailing list for when they have Filipino Buffet night. We're excited for that! Highly recommend Five Star. We finished off the night by going to the movies and watching He's Just Not That Into You - thought it was a cute movie!

hopE yOu alL had a happy valentines daY!!!

It's Official!

So today I got a beautiful piece of paper that says I'm graduated...my DIPLOMA! I graduated in December from UVU with my B.S. in Behavioral Science with an emphasis in Social Work, gosh that's a mouth full! YAY! It hasn't felt real yet and I haven't felt a sense of accomplishment because I hadn't had any proof. Graduation isn't until May 1st, and I hadn't gotten my diploma yet. I was scared wondering if I really had graduated, I actually had a dream a couple nights ago that I needed one more class to graduate, when I woke up I couldn't tell if it was a dream or real life.

Anyway, turns out the reason I hadn't received it was because I had a hold on my account that shouldn't have been there, they forgot to take it off (I'm a good girl, I didn't have any fee's or late library books), so they hadn't sent it in the mail. Since I was on campus for my positive psychology internship - I'm glad I still have some ties with school and a reason to go back if not I'd be so sad - I figured I'd check out why I hadn't gotten my diploma and when I can get my cap and gown for commencement. After taking care of my hold, they handed me a pretty paper with green shiny letters...my diploma with my name on it! It was like an 'alleluia' moment where the angels sing, I felt like I was on top the world, like finally my being done with school was official. Today was the first happiness I've felt about graduating.

Graduating is bittersweet, I'm glad to be done but I miss going to school already. I would be so happy taking classes the rest of my life because I love to learn. That's why I'm thinking of getting my masters. I took a GRE prep class last semester from BYU but haven't studied at all since I took the course. That's really the only thing that's stopping me from applying, the dreaded GRE. I think it could kill me! The deadline to apply is in May so I still have time to decide to go or not. I have my heart set on Utah State, the High School Counseling program. I would love to go to the U but the deadline passed. No worries, we're not going to move to Logan if I get accepted, its an extension program through UVU. Looks like I'd better start my studying!

Las Vegas: Consumer Electronic Show

So it's been a year since I've created this blog. How I know? Because CES was my very first post on this thing. Well, its that time again! We just got back from Vegas for the Consumer Electronic Show. We went to CES with our buddies Greg and Jalaine. And we met up with our friends David and Kim in Vegas. This is our 4th year going and we look forward to it every time. The best part about this show is we get to see the latest and greatest in electronics, including TV's, gaming, phones, and the main reason we go: car audio! We hit the car audio section first and check out all the new technology the boys will most likely be using in their day to day work. Then we hit everything else. You name it, it's at CES.
You can tell Eric was a little excited to get our badges...we felt really cool because we got them the night before and missed the lines. Greg and Jalaine were really excited too.

Greg and Eric looking at a new head unit and speakers in the alpine booth!
Among the latest electronics, they also have pimped out rides! This one above was a hit with the clan, murdered out, black on black. Since we're so into Scions, here's a nice lookin xB too.
They had this truck last year, but its huge, look at these tires and the hater vision! Yeah, that's a TV above the tire. I can think of better ways to spend my money!

What a coincidence, the license plate matches Eric's nick name and the name of our blog, almost :)

One of the biggest technologies this year, I thought, was 3-D television. We watched one where you needed to wear special glasses and one without, they both kind of gave me a headache so I'm fine with regular TV. Wonder how big of a hit they'll be. Another technology I thought was cool was this portable solar charger, it looks like a fan and you can use it anywhere to charge your phone, ipod, and other small electronics. Great for traveling! Just takes energy from the sun.


This is one of the slimest TV's ever made...I had to take a picture of how thin that is, I don't understand how they keep making TV's and monitors slimer and slimer, remember when they were HUGE (like the one in our office, its ginormous!). I think this is the thinnest TV's will ever get, can't get any smaller than that! But I may be surprised.

Since we were in Vegas we had to hit up the BUFFET!! We tried the Rio 2 years ago, Belagio last year (my absolute favorite) so we decided to try the Wynn because we'd only heard good things. It was the most expensive buffet but I thought it was worth it, I LOVED IT! I stole this picture from Jalaine's blog, thanks Jalaine! This is the inside of the Wynn Buffet, it's gorgeous, I felt like I was in Alice and Wonderland!

Greg and Jalaine finishing up dinner.

Biggie (David) and Kim eating dessert. After dinner we were all stuffed and could barely walk...so we cruised back to Southpoint and went bowling. Eric smoked everybody...or so he'd like to say! Eric had like 6 strikes and fell apart at the end because he lost to Greg by 1 point (it kills him to lose to Greg).

We had a great time and look forward to what the electronic world has to offer next year!