My latest OBSESSIONS!!!

So over the past couple of weeks I have become obsessed with bikram yoga and planing a trip to Europe.I know its kind of random but I can't help it.... they are my new favorite things.

YOGA
Bikram is a form of yoga that consists of 26 poses and 2 breathing exercises. A class is 90 minutes long and the room is heated to 105 degrees and usually about 40% humidity! It is sooo freaking hot in there that there are times when I want to just run for the door, but I love it!
I tried my first class a couple of weeks ago and I truly thought I was going to die! I had to sit down a couple of times because I seriously thought that I was going to pass out, and as crazy as it sounds, after the class was over I felt SO good.
There is something about intense concentration, focusing all my energy on bettering myself, and just sweating my brains out that makes me feel like I can do anything. I have done it a couple of times a week since then it is the only type of exercise that has ever made me feel this good. It is amazing!
It is pretty fast paced and the combo of the poses and the heat really gets your heart pumping. And even though sweating like a pig is super gross, it rids your body of toxins and has done wonders for my skin. I love love love Bikram!


Europe, please!
I NEED TO GO! This is not a want, it is a need.
Over the last couple of weeks this desire to backpack through Europe has gotten somewhat out of control. Sooo in order to keep myself from just spending all of our savings and just jumping on a plane right NOW, I have been doing some extensive research and promising myself that we will go as soon as I graduate. If all goes as planned I will graduate from the U in the spring of 2012, which makes that summer a perfect time to go! If anyone has ever backpacked through Europe before and has good suggestions I am all ears, and would really appreciate any info! As of right now we are saving our pennies and hoping we can figure out a way to pull this off! ;)
Europe here we come... in 2012!!!

I just love this guy!

I just found this picture of Blake and I LOVE it!
He is kinda pulling a goofy Blake face but it's totally him and it just melts my heart.
So this post is totally cheesy but I just have to say how happy I am to be married to Blake!

This week I have been a total crazy person with finals! I have never been so stressed out, and without realizing it I haven't been super nice to him... Even though I have been acting completely irrational he continues to be very patient, loving, and helpful.
Sometimes I think that he knows me better than I know myself and can pull me out of any crazy mood and bring me back to reality. He is perfect for me and his down-to-earth, stress free demeanor helps me stay on track with what is really important in life.
I love you Blake!

Best vehicle EVER!

I ran across this picture today and it totally reaffirms my love for our Element!


Yes, that is our couch. Blake took this picture when we were moving and I was shocked when it actually fit in the back of our car. I love owning a Honda Element.

[It's Officially the Holidays!]

Thanksgiving has always been the start of the holiday season and this year is already off to a great start! I am so excited for all the shopping, holiday parties, baking, wrapping paper, Christmas cards, decorating, lights, and music. Basically from here on out I am obsessed with anything and everything with any sort of Christmasy goodness. But I can't move onto Christmas without first saying how awesome my Thanksgiving was!



Last Tuesday Dan and Kenzie Clayton put together an awesome Friendsgiving (an early friends Thanksgiving) and everyone had such a blast! I really am sooo grateful that I have such great friends, we all have so much fun together. I took some pictures and they are all really horrible and blurry but I want you to see them anyway. ;)
So Blake and I spent Thanksgiving afternoon watching the National Dog Show. I know it is super goofy but I have to watch it every year and I love it! I love seeing all the different dogs and my favorite is usually the weird ugly dog.. ha ha This year and Irish Setter won, he was such a cute dog. After the dog show we had Thanksgiving dinner with Blakes family and we had tons of fun! The Shaffers are awesome and we love them all lots, we both feel so blessed to have such good family! After dinner Jen (Blakes sister) and I went up to the outlet mall for some screaming Black Friday deals! J.Crew was pretty much amazing and their awesome sale made the late night drive up to Park City totally worth it. It was definitely a successful Thanksgiving and a great start to the holidays!

[The Move]

For the last year and a three months Blake and I have been able to go through life just as happy as can be, loving school, married life, the whole bit. This is us in our natural habitat just happy, happy, happy...

And then we decided to move, and we started looking like this...
WARNING: These images may be disturbing!




As happy as we both are to leave student housing (especially since they canned the cable) the actual process of moving is such a PAIN! We have been living in a disastrous mess for the last week and that was just preparing for the move. Today was the big move and everything went really well but it has been a ton of work and has left us utterly exhausted and cranky. On the bright side, we are very excited about our new place! It is a basement apartment on 17th east and just off of 21st south. We are right across the street from Sugarhouse Park and I know we will LOVE living there. We were both so over living in an apartment building and just wanted to feel like we had an actual home in a real neighborhood. We feel really grateful that this new home opened up for us and really appreciate all the tons of help from our family! Hopefully before the weekend is over our faces will start looking normal again.

The start of a new online addiction!

So after spending forever just creeping around on other peoples blogs I finally decided to start my own! Ha ha I am totally new at this so if something looks stupid or I am doing this wrong, please TELL me! ;)