Happy Birthday!

Yep, it's that time of year again, my birthday! March 16th, the day before St. Patrick's Day! To kick off my birthday, Robert made me muffins in the morning before work and gave me a beautiful daisy! After work, Robert surprised me with a very festive cookie cake that was quite tasty! He also went grocery shopping for us and cleaned up the house while I was at work.

Robert knows that a daisy will always make me smile!

After blowing out the candles, I opened all of my cards from family members and gifts from Robert, which were a new pair of black flats and a curling iron Vera Bradley holder (so when I am on trips I do not have to worry about packing a hot curling iron). My visiting teachers Kaydee and Kim also gave me Bath and Body Works soap. Thanks girls!

Thank you for all the sweet cards and money! I will hopefully be buying that new camera I want this weekend!

After all of that fun, Robert took me out to a nice dinner at Tucanos, a Brazilian Steakhouse. Following dinner, we went shopping for a little bit, so I could pick up some new jewelry. To cap off the night, we went out to watch a movie. It was nice to celebrate my first birthday as a married woman with my husband, but I definitely missed having family and friends around! We wish you all could have been here with us! Love you all!

Well here's to 23! I hope this year will be as good as last and better!

Rock Band!

On Friday night, we went out to dinner with friends that live in our neighborhood. We are so lucky to have such great friends! Dinner was a blast! After a delicious dinner we went back to the Crane's house to party and play Rock Band all night!

I present to you the ladies...

and the metal heads...

Nice move...

I love these girls! I will miss them so much when we move!

Now that is what I call a band! Look at Robert's face! Haha! We pretty much rocked the house!

Our main lady, "Stone Cold", too bad you can't see the moves she pulled out that night! She was tearing up the stage!

Tough guys...

You had to be there! Best performance of the night! Only a true rocker could pull off singing Metallica in red slippers.

We had one of the best nights ever! Rock Band was such a fun game, and we couldn't get enough of it! Thank you to the Crane's for letting us jam out all night! You guys rock!

Viva Las Vegas

Robert and I decided to get take a winter escape to Las Vegas this past weekend! Neither of us had ever been to Vegas, so we thought we better go while we still can before we move far away. We left for our trip on Thursday evening after I got off work and drove to Cedar City where we stayed at my Uncle Kevin and Aunt Shari’s house for the night. The next day, Friday, we made the other leg of the trip to Vegas arriving just around noon! We stayed at Caesar’s Palace, and we loved it. We would definitely recommend it! We checked in and found that we could get a great deal if we upgraded, so we did since we got our original room for cheap anyways. We were so glad we did! We loved our room; I loved it mainly because it had a jacuzzi tub! We were in the center of the strip (so great location and close to everything), and we were on one of the highest floors, which gave us a great view of the strip.

Here are some photos from our trip:

Our drive down.

Beautiful Utah

Almost there...

The views from our hotel room.

Showing off our nice hotel room.

The jacuzzi tub, it was well worth it after walking all day!

Outside in front of the Bellagio.

The fountain show.

The first day we were there we decided to just walk the strip and visit all of the neat hotels. Our favorite hotels were the Venetian, Ceasar's Palace, the Palazzo, and of course the Bellagio.

The lion exhibit at the MGM Grand. It was awesome! You were able to get so close to the lions because the glass is sound proof. This is a tunnel that we are standing in, and they are laying on top of us. Never thought I would be able to see a lion like this before. This was one of Robert's favorite things we did.

Just relaxing next to a lion.

Our dinner in the Venetian Hotel in "Venice."

Our hotel room from the Strip.

FAO Schwarz

Another one of Robert's highlights from the trip was getting to see Pete Rose in person.

Trying to win the jackpot :)

While at a classic car show, we ran into Brad Garrett from the TV show, Everybody Loves Raymond.

We got tickets for free in our hotel coupon book to attend this car show, and loved it. It was fun to see all the unique classics. Some of these cars were selling for 1.8 million.

Another highlight of the trip was when I found a nice semi formal dress while shopping in the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace.

Eating at Sensi, a fancy restaurant in the Bellagio before going to the Cirque du Soleil "O" Show.

The beautiful ceiling in the theatre at the "O" show.

The show was unbelievable! The stage was a hard stage at times and a pool at other moments, so we were able to see divers, acrobats, and synchronized swimming. We had a fabulous trip to Vegas. The weather was perfect and sunny. On Sunday, we drove back home, but we stopped again in Cedar City where we went to church and ate dinner with my Uncle Kevin. It is always hard coming back.

Intramural Champions!

Robert and I played in a mixed doubles league at BYU and won the tournament just last night! When you win a sporting event at BYU you get a t-shirt that only champions of intramurals can get. You cannot get these t-shirts any other way, unless you steal one. Thus, it is known around campus as the "coveted" shirt, and we won another one! Here we are showing them off! We both have 3 now. We were so happy to end our last year at BYU with winning another tournament! Our last match was a lot of fun and a battle to win! We won 8-6.

Robert had a great match with a lot of winners at the net! I love playing with Robert. We have so much fun together.

Just so happy to have another championship t-shirt!

For it is in giving that we receive...

So, everyday I have the same UPS guy, Frank, drop packages off at my work. He is a real nice guy, and we usually make small talk about the weather, BYU sports, his family, the Utah Jazz, etc. Well, Frank always comes by our office before 10 am, so I was surprised to see him for a second time one afternoon around 3 pm without a package to deliver. Interesting I thought...Well Frank came by to ask me if I already had scheduled plans for that night because he has Utah Jazz season tickets and could not use them for the game that night, and he wanted to know if Robert and I wanted his seats! Of course I said yes! He said he thought of everyone on his route who would want his tickets, and he thought of me! How awesome! Only one problem, Robert had a paper to write that night, which was due before midnight. I hurried and called him and told him to write his paper as fast as he could. Lucky for us, the game against the Mavericks did not start until 8:30 pm. Robert finished his paper just in time, and we made it to the game! Frank gave me all 4 tickets, so we tried to invite some friends but no one could come at the last minute. We decided to continue the circle of giving and handed them to a farther and son who were at the ticket booth about to purchase tickets. It was an awesome night! I couldn't believe he came back to my office just to give me Jazz tickets! It seriously made my day. I am glad that there are people out there that show me how to be a kinder and unselfish person. Robert and I had been trying to go to one last Jazz game before we move, but the tickets had been so expensive that we decided it probably wasn't worth the money to go. Just that week we were looking for tickets. It was such a coincidence that we happened to get free tickets! I guess it "pays off" to stick to a budget. We felt so blessed!

This is my favorite Jazz player Paul Milsap taking a free throw.

We had a blast! Thanks Frank for making our night!

My newest blogging adventure...Jodaisy Design

Recently, I decided I wanted to create a blog where I could explore and demonstrate more of my creative side. This blog site has food recipes, craft ideas, photographs I have taken, and more. I have just barely started it, so there is not a lot on it right now, but I hope to keep adding to it more and more. One thing about me that you may not know is that I love making crafts and cooking. For me, these types of activities are refreshing and stress relieving. I feel like I am in a whole other world when I am working. I love it! Well, I hope you visit the site and enjoy it!

Here is the link:

http://jodaisydesign.blogspot.com/