Sorry to leave our blog on such a depressing note for so long.

In an attempt to catch you up to speed on what Mike and I have done in the last couple weeks, I will used bullet points. :)

- We spent 2 days in Vegas. Ashley got married to a wonderful guy named Johnathan. I love her new last name, Francisco. We spent a lot of money shopping around. Saw Blue Man Group (Yay!)

Outside Chapel of the Flowers. Photographer, Mike.

- We went to the Ben Folds concert with a bunch of friends. Awesome.

- Bought a comfy, new jacket from Shade.

- Cheered on 3,000 10k runners and 800 marathon runners. Our friend, Missy Brown did so well!

- A couple late night driving adventures.

- Went to Juicy Berry (frozen yogurt at the Gateway) and felt like we were in a rave club. Weird.

- Biked Elephant Rock.

- Saw Inception at the theater. BEST movie this year! (Mike claims "EVER")

- Went camping.

That's about it. We only have ONE MONTH left of summer. You better believe we're going to make the most of it!

Disclaimer: I love my life.

I just reconnected with an old friend from 7 years back. This old friend is now living in Madrid and is a fashion stylist who contracts out her services for several of the world's leading magazines. She has a gorgeous flat in the heart of the city and more lovely designer clothing than I have ever seen. Moments like this make me wonder what I've done with my life so far. I still have 2 semesters left in my bachelors degree. I've worked at the same place for 2.5 years, getting paid less than I'm worth. I've gained 15 pounds since high school. My international traveling consists of Canada and Mexico. (Wahoo! of sarcasm).

Bit of a bummer/pity me mood....

On Saturday, after taking Mike from store to store with me on the hunt for a specific clothing item... I figured I owed him dinner. We made the best decision, Arella Pizzeria, in Bountiful.

It is a brand new restaurant in Bountiful that makes delish thin-crust pizza in their wood-fired brick oven. The decor kept Mike and I talking for a while... the white, modern lamps, black and white furniture with green accents and glassy tile walls.

I got a small Chicken Bacon Alfredo pizza (yes, it was heaven!) and Mike created his own calzone. We got seat right at the bar so we could see everything being made.

We loved it. If you find ourselves north of SLC and hungry... GO!

Matrimony and Vegas.

Don't you love it when two (good looking) people fall in love several times, always with the same person... and decide to put their faith in that person and the institution of marriage? I LOVE IT.

My middle school/high school best friend, Ashley Ann, (who I still love to death, though I never see) is getting married to her love on July 15th....

Here at the Little Chapel of the Flowers in Vegas....

I am SO excited for her. I'm sooo excited to go!
I love LOVE.
Now, Mike and I have been to Las Vegas a few times- separate, together, married and single.... but we're welcoming some suggestions. Anyone know of a great restaurant to go to? A show/exhibit that we should see? Perhaps a delish place for dessert? Please share so we can really make the most of our trip down next weekend!

Manna from Heaven

This upcoming fall and spring semesters are looking up and up, especially after the news that I (Mike) received a scholarship from the Clegg Memorial Foundation to the University of Utah yesterday. Both Alyssa and I were pretty surprised to find out that a scholarship that I applied for back in January finally let us know that I got it. I guess that's what happens when you move and never change your address with the post office. The funny thing about the scholarship is that it was from at a $4.3 million estate which was left to students of the University of Utah, but the creator of the scholarship grew up in Fresno, California and never lived here. Awesome for us!

I think this Geico thing is still funny...

We were kind of worried about the financial arena that we would be entering since I'm not sure that SkinCareRx.com is going to hire me on after my internship and Alyssa isn't going to have much working time with a full school schedule. Yes, it will go back to us not seeing each other that much because of our crazy and busy lifestyles, but its only for 2 more semesters, right?

As for the past 3 previous posts, I would like to clear up some things: Alyssa is right about everything. Charlize Theron is one pretty lady, Ben Folds is amazing, and getting food poisoning on your anniversary night sucks! (But having a wife that cares and is willing to do things for you while you are on your deathbed is pretty dang cool too...)

anniversary weekend.

Our first year anniversary was Friday, the 25th.

Hubby and I decided this was his year to plan things (like Valentine's Day and the anniversary) and we would trade off the planning every other year.

I woke up to a ton of beautiful yellow flowers and the smell of waffles. We jump started our weekend as soon as I got off work. He took me to the Cheesecake Factory (one of my favvvs) and we delighted in avocado eggrolls, delish entrees and got a shared raspberry lemon creme cheesecake.

We kept gifts simple and bought a fun Fujifilm xp10 Camera.

It's waterproof-shockproof-freezeproof...

basically it's Mike and Alyssa proof. We love it.

After dinner he whisked me away to a hotel and we spent much needed (ahem)... romantic time.

The night was wonderful.

Then in the middle of the night things took a turn for the worst.

His constant bathroom visits + stomach ache + fever = our belief he got food poisoning.

He was miserable for about 24 hours. Per the request of a man who thought he was dying, I made 2 separate trips to the grocery store... once for Powerade and the second for a Redbox dvd.

For better or worse, right?

Happy one year babe!

Just purchased tickets to see this guy in concert (with the Utah Symphony) next month at Deer Valley...

Ben Folds, here we come!!!

and we don't mind one bit that they're general admission/lawn tickets.

Bring on the blankets, great friends and good music.