Deal or No Deal?

Yep that's right, that's 200 tickets for the winner of Deal or No Deal. Beginners luck? Maybe...but those 200 tickets got me Fun Dip and these awesome glasses. Out of the 5 of us that played, I was the only one that got us more than 10 tickets.

We spent Easter weekend with the Fountains. We went bowling one night, which was a lot of fun. Robert had the high score with a 191. One more closed frame and he would have had a 200 game. Maybe next time...

Robert lucked out on a suit shopping spree this month. Happy graduation present(s) to him!

He bought three suits in total. And I must say, he looks quite handsome in them.

At the beginning of April, I went back to Utah for work meetings.

Before heading to the office, I dropped into Ogden for a quick visit with Grandpa Whitehead, who turns 87 this month on the 19th. Happy Birthday Grandpa!

It was a nice weekend hanging out and watching General Conference with my mom, grandpa, Uncle Kevin and Aunt Shari. Even Grandma Tolsma escorted my mom and I to the airport, so I could to meet one of my co-workers for a ride to Provo.

While in Provo, I did some serious shopping with my bestie after a long work day. :)

Once back in Florida, I've spent my time relaxing and getting caught up with life, while continuing to learn and practice my ukulele.

Tavistock Cup

To follow up on the birthday festivities, Robert and I were invited by our friends John and Kristin to attend the Tavistock Golf Tournament held at Lake Nona Country Club in Orlando, FL. Kristin's dad works for the Country Club and was able to get us ground access passes. This is a very private tournament for members only, played between 4 different clubs: Lake Nona, Isleworth, Albany and Queenwood. More information about the event can be found here.

To maximize our fun, we headed up a day early and rented a hotel room. Sometimes, it's just great to get out away from home. We enjoyed a nice relaxing dinner after arriving at the hotel and lounged out by the pool before we were ran off by a crazy raccoon.

To start the day of the tournament off right, we enjoyed a most delicious complimentary breakfast spread.

Two of the clubs arrived via helicopter.

They land on the 18th fairway. Afterward, you can walk up and check out the inside of the choppers. To note, Robert and I don't always go out matching each other. It's encouraged you wear the colors of the club you are supporting. Lake Nona is royal blue.

Let the play begin! Below is Bubba Watson, the new Master's Champion, walking from his chopper.

Tiger Woods and Justin Rose at the driving range getting ready for the day:

The crowd at tee box #1:

Adam Scott:

Graeme McDowell:

Ernie Els:

Robert loved all the food. The buffet was so gooooooooodd! He couldn't get enough lobster and he made sure he picked the largest crab claw he could find.

We really enjoyed spending the day with our friends watching golf, eating, catching some sun and listening to the fun commentary. For my first golf tournament, I really enjoyed it! I liked the fact that you could get so close to each of the players. They would interact with you and you could walk the fairway with them. Tom Lewis even gave me a golf ball.

In other news, for those interested, I have finally made an appearance back out on the golf course. I played for the first time since August, of last year, last Saturday on a small course with Robert. I had quite the success with my clubs and swing (minus the driver), I will not be using the driver any time soon. I still think I need a little more time to heal and perfect the swing before trying that again.

Celebrated Another Birthday

I celebrated my 26th birthday with Robert by going to Tsunami, a Japanese Steakhouse for dinner after work. I ate way too much, but it was delicious! After dinner, we went laser bowling then came home and finished watching some college basketball games. I even got a girl's basketball for one of my gifts - must have been the March Madness fever setting in. :)

A few other gifts included:

clothing, latest Twilight movie, and money so I can tune my piano and buy a new tennis racket.

To start the day off right before going to work, Robert made me breakfast in bed:

I think it's happy to see me.

Where Dreams Come True...

At the end of February, my mom came to visit Robert and I here in St. Petersburg for the first time.

To celebrate her arrival, we took her to Bern's Steakhouse for dessert.

It was delicious!

After dessert, we took a tour of the restaurant and their wine cellar. Bern's has the largest wine list of any restaurant in the world. Good thing I don't drink because I would never have been able to choose. It was neat to visit the cellar and see all the unique wines. Some wines were very expensive and locked behind caged doors.

After going to the beach and doing a little early birthday shopping for me, we headed over to Orlando where we met up with my brother and his family for some Disney fun and adventure.

The female version of the three caballeros (as):

The weather was perfect.

Two great things about Disney: Mickey Bars and being able to act like a princess without getting strange looks.

Introducing Princess JoAnna and Princess Kayla.

I think the crown fits just nicely, no?

The young ones couldn't survive the parks for the entire day, but this group here (with addition to Robert) stayed at the park from open to close both nights. Party animals or crazies!

We went to Epcot the first day, then capped off the trip with Magic Kingdom.

The highlights:

It was perfect timing to have my mom down here at this time of year, so we could go to Disney with Jason and his family. We had so much fun hanging with them at the parks and spending time resting at their condo. Thanks for letting us crash!

The place where dreams really do come true.

After coming down from our Disney high, we headed back to St. Petersburg where we tried to recover from all the walking. Mom and I hit up the hot tub for some needed soaking. We ate out some more and went to church. On her last day, before she headed back to Utah, we took a tour of Stetson's campus and Fort De Soto.

Welcome to the gun show (at Fort De Soto).

Thanks for coming mom, we had a blast!

Sales Conference 2012

Another year for the Simplifile Annual Sales Conference, which I have a role in helping plan the event logistics and activities. It's our big annual company event where we get together as a company and spend lots of time in meetings learning about the industry and how we can improve as a company.

It's not all meetings though...

there are some fun and games like our annual company bowling outing. It's a hit every year! I pretty much plan and run the whole event, which is fun when you get to hand out all the prizes.

It's a long week, so you need lots of sugar and treats to keep you going. There are always yummy snacks and food to eat during the conference, you never go hungry.

Each year, we take just the sales team out for an activity. This year, I selected to go on a carriage ride around downtown Salt Lake City and end at Squatters Pub for dinner. Everyone loved it and had a great time, even if it was a bit chilly as it was mid-February.

One of the highlights for me was winning the coveted team t-shirt during the bowling activities. Although, I was booed when I received my t-shirt for apparently stacking the teams. What me?!? ;) I guess it's one of the perks for being in charge (haha). This was the first year I introduced team t-shirts for the highest scoring team and everyone wanted one, so I better make sure to have them again next year.

Overall, it was another successful event!

Job Update

Beginning in January, Robert started working as an "official full-time employee" of Minor League Baseball. You can check out his bio on the MiLB website here or go to http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/info/bios.jsp?mc=_rfountain

He is loving his job so far and works about 2-4 days a week in between classes and his internship.

In early February he went on his first official travel for the company, where he visited Virginia State University to help with MiLB Diversity Initiative Program in helping VA State to implement a internship opportunity with MiLB.

He felt like a big shot because they had a chauffeur take him around from place to place.

While visiting Virginia State's campus located in Petersburg, VA he tried a new food "delicacy," or something to that affect - pigs feet. I don't think he is quite a fan yet...(that's it in the bowl next to his lemonade). Yummy.

As for my work, I am staying extremely busy. I just finished helping to plan and execute our company's annual Sales Conference, which is a big project and ended up being a success! More pictures to come on this later. I have been traveling more frequently and projects have become harder and more significant, which has allowed me to learn and grow a lot. I continue to take on new adventures and obstacles, which is constantly keeping me on my toes. I still enjoy working from the comfort of home, nothing beats rolling out of bed still in your pjs and going to work. :)

We both love our jobs and feel very fortunate to have been blessed with both of these great opportunities.