My Life According to My iPhone Pictures (Catching up)

I'm really bad at blogging, I admit it.  I try really hard...but it just doesn't seem to happen for me.  I feel like I just posted and it was a month ago.  A MONTH AGO? ALREADY?  Time is seriously flying for me.  Here is what has happened in my life lately according to my iPhone pictures.

Midnight Movies
As most of you know, I'm crazy about movies.  I get so excited for some of them and HAVE to go to some midnight showings.  These are the midnight showings I went to in the past few months:

THE VOW

Jamie, Jenny & I saw the Vow at midnight.  We were seriously excited because hello...Rachel McAdams + Channing Tatum = amazing.  I think our expectations were a little too high.  We liked it, but it wasn't as good as we expected it would be. It was so fun though!

 

 

The Hunger Games-Gale, Peeta & I

I am obsessed with the Hunger Games. I loved the books and couldn't wait until the movie came out. Jamie, Jas and I went to see it at midnight and loved it! I think I'm more emotional in the late hours of the night because I cried like 3 times and covered my eyes about 5.  It was hard to see the little kids die.  But I loved the movie.  I thought they did a really good job representing the book and Kaniss is the bomb.  I also am a dork and had fun with photoshop on the picture above.  I am laying there with Peeta and Gale. After I was finished, I sent it to my family. My sister pointed out that Jason looks like Gale in this picture and that Peeta looks like my little brother Taylor, and now I can't look at it anymore! It's too weird!

So excited for Hunger Games!

Hunger Games

The Lucky One

The most recent midnight showing we saw was for The Lucky One with..wait for it....Mr. Zac McHottie Efron himself.  Let's be honest, I've been a fan of his since High School Musical. I just love Troy Bolton and his "Soarin....Flying" talent.  Jamie and I had read the book and loved it, so we just had to see it.  It was pretty good.  The book was better.  It was just a really fun night out with the girlies.


Baby Benjamin & Camila
Matt and Haiquis came to visit for their new baby Benjamin's blessing.  I'm sad I didn't get more pictures. I love these guys so much and wish they lived closer. We miss you guys.

Benjamin and I

Cute little bug

Camila is adorable

Baby Bo Bo!

Tay Got ENGAGED!
Tay is all grown up! He got engaged to a beautiful girl named Kelsie.  We all love her.  They are such a cute couple and will have a wonderful life together.

Ingrid Michaelson Concert
Jenny and I went to the Ingrid Michaelson concert and it was amazing. This was our 3rd year in a row going. She is awesome live and one of my favorite female artists.

Other Random Pictures

My Mom makes the cutest purses!

Someone put my bosses stapler in jello. He is still convinced it was me.

My new fave product. The NuMe Curling Wand. I curl my hair, and it will stay curled up to 4 days!

Jenny, Jamie & I got into the St. George Marathon

My First Long Run

 Sorry for the Super Long post! It feels good to catch up a little bit.

Mini Vacay to Vegas!

For Jason's Spring Break (back in March), Jas and I decided go on a mini-vacation to Vegas.  We found a sweet deal to stay in a Hotel called South Point, just outside of Vegas.  We loved South Point for many reasons:

1. It had an AMAZING pool.
2.  It had a great workout room.
3. There wasn't as much smoke (South Point is geared more towards families)
4. There was a Bowling Alley in the Hotel
5.  There was a Movie Theatre in the Hotel
6. There was the most amazing Burger Place "Steak and Shake" (we ate there twice)

We got there on Sunday and just chilled at South Point the rest of the night.  Then, we woke up early on Monday and headed to the Strip.  The day was filled with Zara, H&M, & Top Shop Shopping, good food, and standing in line for half price tickets to see "The Phantom of The Opera."  Jason promised me on Monday that we would be back for the Bachelor Finale (I know, I know, it wasn't worth it, Ben & Courtney=the worst couple ever...gag me with a wooden spoon).  So we grabbed an amazing Burger and headed to the room to watch the Bachelor.  I won't tell you the details about how I spilled a whole cup of water all over my pants (Jason said he's never seen me blush that bad), and how I had to walk back to our hotel room with "peed pants" and soaking squeaky shoes.

On Tuesday, we spent the day relaxing at the amazing pool, dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, and watching the Vegas "Phantom of the Opera."  This is my second favorite play (just after Les Mis), but it was AMAZING in Vegas.  The singers were unreal and the performances made our jaws drop!  They even had a Chandelier that literally dropped from out of the ceiling and the Phantom was riding around on it.

It was so nice to just spend time with Jas and not worry about anything.  We had such a great time!  I promise we'll go on a cruise or Hawaii next time Babe.

When I got back to work, my cubicle looked like this:

My coworkers always tell me I don't have enough personal items and pictures on my desk, so they had printed off huge dorky pictures of me, and put them all over my cube.  My boss laughed so hard!

Happy Birthday to Me-I'm Getting Old!

I know it’s a month after my birthday, but I couldn’t forget to write about the big 2-4. Yes, that’s right, I’m 24. It is just so weird how fast time has flown. I remember when I was 16, sitting in my bedroom in Mexico City, thinking how slow time was passing. And here, I sit, 24 years old, graduated from college, and married almost 2 years. I’m a grown-up, which I am just realizing, because I know I still act like a kid sometimes. It’s just a crazy feeling.

Because of this realization, I wasn’t really looking forward to my birthday. It was just going to be another Friday work day. But to my surprise, it was an amazing weekend. It started off on Thursday, when Jason’s family took me out to dinner at Red Rock (don’t get me started on how amazing the pork sandwich is), then we went back to Jenn’s house for some delicious ice-cream, hilarious birthday card reading, and great presents. I’m so lucky to have such fun and thoughtful in-laws.


I loved all my presents...especially my new sparkly boat shoes!

Then, on Friday, my actual b-day, it was another wonderful day. It started off with my boss surprising me with a personalized and amazingly delicious cake. Then, for lunch I went to Firehouse Subs with my work friends (DELISH). Then my boss sent me home ridiculously early from work (so grateful for that).



I had told Jason I would be home at 3:00 pm, but I ended up going home at 2:30. I walked in, and there was this HUGE BOX with a picture of an electric piano. I called Jason and was like "Was I not supposed to see this piano in the hallway?" He was like "Em..you said you were coming home at 3!!" Seriously, it was the best present he could have gotten for me. I was so happy I cried. I have been re-teaching myself to play the piano ever since.





The rest of the night, I spent with my family filled with Mandarin Food, cookie-dough/oreo ice-cream cake, games, and amazing and thoughtful presents.


Love this new outfit I got, especially the yellow pencil skirt!


Adorable coat from Gap!


Taylor got one of our engagements (picture on the left), and made this amazing piece of art for us (on the right) using only spray paint. He is seriously an artist.


A "Go Utes" Banner? hahaha, this one is for Jason. Look how happy I am to be getting it!

Thank everyone for making it such a special day for me! I am so lucky to have amazing friends and family.

Mat Kearney (Jason's New Man Crush)

People that read my blog (which I'm sure isn't a lot, but thanks to those who do), you guys probably think that Jason is the best husband. He totally is. But I'm also a good wife sometimes! For Valentine's Day, I surprised Jason with Mat Kearney concert tickets. Jason loves Mat Kearney. Like man-crush love, which I'm totally fine with.

So we went....we sang....we danced, no mosh-pitting thank heavens, since I'm semi-claustro! But at one point, Mat Kearney jumped into the crowd, and gave Jason a high-five hand squeeze. As he walked past me, I got that super huge Cheshire cat grin and squeezed his shoulder. He gave me a weird smile and moved on. I know, I'm a creeper. Later, I learned that my brother Taylor squeezed his butt. Maybe that is what the weird look was for, because I'm sure he was into the shoulder-squeeze.






(I know this isn't my best photography, but I had to document a couple bad pics).

Anyway, it was an amazing concert. If you haven't experienced Mat Kearney, do it. It is amazing music. My favorites are:

1. Ships in the Night
2. You can count on me
3. In the Middle
4. Nothing left to lose
5. All I need
6. All I have (I sing this one to Jason when he doesn't want to share. "All I have, all I have, all I have, well, you know it's yours").
7. Closer to Love
8. Here We Go
9. City of Black and White
10. New York to California
11. Sooner or Later
12. Learning to Love Again

Wow, I really narrowed it down, didn't I? Thanks Mat Kearney, for a great concert. My husband loves you...literally.

Love Day

I love the month of February for many reasons, and not just because of my birthday. Here are some of the reasons:

1.Groundhogs day and Taylor’s B-day
2.Valentine’s Day
3.President’s Day (No work or school)
4.Emily Birthday (It’s my golden year this year, I’ll be 24 on February 24th)
5.It’s Leap Year this year, which is kind of awesome
6. Sappy Romantic Movies come out like "The Vow"

Plus it’s the month that everyone pronounces wrong. It’s FeBRUary people! I sound really funny when I say it, because I try to enunciate the “Bru.”

To start our celebration of Valentine's Day, Jamie, Jenny, and I decided to go to the midnight showing of "The Vow" on February 9th. Yes, I know, we still got it. We aren't too old to party all night, but it did take a very large Diet Coke to keep me up that late. It was a really fun night, and I liked "The Vow," but was a little disappointed. I was expecting something groundbreaking like "The Notebook," but it was still a good movie and a fun night out. I did laugh my head off when Jamie was shushing the annoying girls that whistled and wooooed every time Channing Tatum took off his shirt. She even said "Yeah, girl in the ponytail, I'm talking to you". I almost peed my pants.



Jas and I celebrated Valentine’s Day on February 10th. It was seriously so fun. We had to celebrate it then because Jason worked on Valentine’s Day until midnight. Jason had it all planned out what we were doing, and he wouldn’t tell me. He knows I hate surprises, and I kept asking and asking, but he wouldn’t tell me. This is how our night went:
1.Went to Market Street Grill. It was seriously so delicious. We had amazing bread and salads, and then Jason ordered the crabbed & cream-cheese stuffed salmon, and I ordered the amazing crab stuffed shrimp. Yep, I bet you are drooling…we sure were. We then had New York Cheesecake for dessert.





2.We then stopped at 7-eleven and got huge big-gulps. Perfect right?
3.Then we went back to the apartment, and he made me wait in the car. After 5 minutes, he called me to come in. There were rose petals leading to my present, and lit candles everywhere. Sweet huh? He got me the cutest checkered pink shirt from jcrew, and a dvd that had 4-pack Nicholas Sparks DVD. This DVD had “A Walk to Remember”, “The Notebook,” “Message in a Bottle,” and “Nights in Rodanthe.” He seriously gets me.





4.We then got in our sweats, and we watched “A Walk to Remember.” He even let me quote most of it. He was laughing his head off because I literally knew not only the whole movie by heart, but all the songs and lyrics.

Jas must REALLY love me, because not a lot of boys would do that. He even warmed up my amazing and smelly corn-bag for me, and rubbed my feet. I really do love this boy.



This whole post makes me feel like Valentine’s Day was ALL about me. Which it kinda was, but I thought I did okay. I got Jas Mat Kearney tickets to his concert on February 13th and a cute gray chambray shirt from Urban. He danced around because he was so excited! He may love Mat Kearney more than he loves me…just saying.



On the actual Valentine's Day Holiday, Jamie's husband Trent and Jason were both working until late late that night. So Jamie and I celebrated together. We got a huge and delicious Sonic Drink and watched "He's Just Not That Into You." It was so fun. Thanks for spending V-day with me sis.



I hope everyone had such a wonderful Valentine’s Day.

New Glasses & The Bachelor Bracket

Hello friends,

2 Things that I'm excited about lately.

Number 1, and always number 1: The Bachelor. Why have I not been watching this from the beginning? I mean, I watched the first Bachelor ever...and then I didn't religious watch it for a LONG TIME. I started watching again with Brad Womack, and now I can't stop. It's addicting, and I love it. But on a positive note, it makes me love Mondays! The Bachelor is like a train wreck, you can't look away. I love every awkward & cheeseball moment of it.

The last few years, Veronica (my friend from work) and I have made a Bachelor bracket on our windows. We thought it was a genius idea! It is exactly like the bracket everyone makes for March Madness. We guess who is eliminated each week, we have a point system, we even do the final four. Then whoever loses, takes the other one to lunch. It's hilarious how into it we get. This year, more people from the office wanted to join, and it is seriously so much fun. Here is my bachelor bracket this year:





I have to admit, although a lot of people don't like Ben, I like him. He's quirky, and not like the typical bachelor...all six-pack of abs with no personality whatsoever. I seriously hope he doesn't end up with skank-face rude Courtney. I'm pulling for Kacie B. all the way!

Is anyone else unbelievably excited for Emily Maynard to be the next Bachelorette and probably an appearance from Mr. Bentley? Because I sure am.

Number 2: My New Glasses. I have been saying I need new glasses for the longest time. But glasses cost a lot of money! Jason found these new prescription glasses for me for $30 bucks. Seriously awesome! I love them so much. I know it makes me look dorky, but I like it, and why hide the fact that I'm a dork? No reason to.