Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

For the last 3 years, Matt has been growing his hair out. Partly because he could, but the eventual plan was to always donate it to Locks of Love. Matt's friend, April, who is a stylist in San Diego happened to be in town this weekend so it was off with his hair.

So now with 4 fresh ponytails to send off to the charity...
I introduce the new Matt. I like what I see. Meow!

As for the pornstache he is sporting. That's temporary. He just likes to find new ways to provoke me. It usually works but I love him anyway.

A Bunny and a Bike

The Easter Bunny found our house...Yay! Matt is great to humor my love of holidays and there is no reason why we shouldn't wake up to baskets filled with goodies too. Since I doubled as the Easter Bunny it wasn't much of a surprise for me but it was fun to shop for baskets and put it all together. Those buckets cost me a whopping $.89 at Target.

Like most of you, Matt and I enjoyed spending some time with our family over the Easter weekend. Matt has been busy getting trained to become a motorcycle safety instructor. He had class most of the weekend so we went up to Logan after church to enjoy dinner and steal candy from my nieces and nephews. It is a great plan, they do all the work finding the eggs and we find ways to convince them to hand some of it over. I am so good with kids!


In more exciting news, we also bought a motorcycle for me!! Matt has been riding for years, we met on the bike, so it was only fitting that eventually I would get my own. Since I have no riding experience sitting on the bike for a picture is about as close as I have come so far. But next month I will be taking the safety course and getting my license. Watch out!

Will blog for spa treatments

The Sego Lily Day Spa is holding a contest to be their official blogger for the next year, and I have officially entered. If I am chosen as a finalist you will all have the opportunity to leave your comments and vote for me. I am using my new blog to post my entry for the contest. What? You didn't know I had a new blog? Well then let me introduce you to....SUPER Speak!

I am going to continue using this blog for updates on Matt and I, so continue to check in. But if you also want to be entertained by the musings of my mind, be sure to check out my new blog.

Wish me luck!

Domestic Goddess

I think that Martha would be very proud of me this week. Not only did I make lemon bars, twice, I also made a blanket for my soon-to-be-born niece. The potential has been there along. I guess it's like my mom always said, "You just need to apply yourself." Dang, I hate when she is right!

Look at that smile! My sister-in-law, Tiffiney, is showing off what is clearly her favorite baby shower gift.

I now have a request from my sister to make her daughter a blanket too. I best get on it, not sure how long my domesticating is going to last.

My 15 minutes

As an addendum to my last post, I have some exciting news. I am now semi-famous. I knew it would happen sooner or later and thanks to my friend Sarah, who writes a weekly column for IN Utah This Week, I got a mention in her latest column. Read it for yourself!

Hammertime!

Matt and I took a trip back to 1991 this past weekend. As a surprise to Matt, I purchased tickets to the reunion concert of Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. What a night! The concert was down in Orem at the McKay Dee Events Center and upon arrival neon was everywhere. The funniest thing about those decked out in their best 80's attire was that most of them probably don't even remember living during that decade. I would like to say that the concert was worth it, but it was a night of long waits. Getting our tickets out of will call was the first obstacle. If you know anyone who works at McKay please tell them what a horrible job they did with crowd control. They probably already know, but one more opinion might make it sink in. I've waited in my share of lines but the problem with this system was there was no system. Just masses of people congregating to 2 available windows, much like sending something through a funnel. It was madness and I was very close to losing my dinner from such close proximity with strangers.

Once we finally retrieved our tickets we made it to the concert. I was afraid we would miss some, but since they were so on schedule (sarcasm for "they haven't even started') we had plenty of time to prepare. I took some time to polish up on my old school dance moves; Running Man, Cabbage Patch and the Roger Rabbit. When Vanilla finally made it out on stage it was already 10:30pm. This may not seem that late to some, but in recent years partying til the wee hours of the morning is getting hard for me. Especially on a friday night after a long week of work. Since there was another 45 min break from the time Mr. Ice finished until MC started, it was that much later when Hammertime officially started. By that point we were both tired and decided that once we heard a song we recognized we would leave. So with "Pray" as our swan song and a final boost of dance energy we exited the facility. We blame it on wanting to beat the parking lot rush and we are sticking to that story.

P.S In case the above post tells a different story, we did have a good time together. But the only time I want to wait that long for something is when I am waiting to board Splash Mountain. That is totally worth it!

The Newlywed Game!

I was tagged in a note on Facebook and thought I would post my answers on our blog as well. This may be a repeat for some of you, but oh well..deal! And if you want to post your own answers I would love to see them.

♥ What are your middle names?
Matt's is Kent, and I don't have one...just like Madonna...Robyn!
♥ How long have you been together?
We met and started dating in July 2007, and were married August 9, 2008
♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating?
About 4 hours... we met while I was on a date with someone else and by that night we were going out on our first date.
♥ Who asked who out?
Matt asked me after finding out I wasn't "with" the guy I was out with.
♥ How old are each of you?
I am 32, and Matt is 30. He loves being married to an older woman
♥ Whose siblings do/ did you see the most?
Mine... They live closer and there are more of them.
♥ Do you have any children together?
Not yet
♥ What about pets?
We are talking about getting a dog
♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Getting married later than average, means we are both more set in our ways. I would say after 6 months of marriage, we are doing pretty good with this though.
♥ Did you go to the same school?
Nope
♥ Are you from the same home town?
No, I am from Hyde Park in Cache Valley, and Matt is from Desert Hot Springs, CA (near Palm Springs)
♥ Who is the smartest?
We are both smart in different ways...it's nice to have a man around that can share his thoughts and opinions intellectually.
♥ Who is the most sensitive?
For sure, me!
♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple?
Lone Star Taqueria (best fish tacos) and Mazza
♥ Who has the worst temper?
Me..but since Matt never wants to fight back it tempers mine down some.
♥ Who does the cooking?
My man is skilled in the kitchen. He loves to cook and I love to eat it. But I can hold mine own
♥ Who is more social?
We both are, depending on the situation
♥Who is the neat Freak?
Me...does OCD ring a bell!?
♥ Who is the more stubborn?
we both are
♥ Who hogs the bed?
Matt says me, but I think I give him equal share. I just like to cuddle up close.
♥ Who wakes up earlier?
usually me, I have to be at work sooner but Matt is up in time to kiss me goodbye.
♥ Where was your first date?
Jamba Juice and a talk until 3am
♥ Who has the bigger family?
Me for sure...8 siblings, 21 nieces and nephews
♥ Do you get flowers often?
Not too often, but they mean more when I do...especially when they are for no reason at all.
♥ How do you spend the holidays?
Since Matt's family is in California and Canada, we end up spending more time with mine, more often. Holidays spent with his family is more of a trip away.
♥ How long did it take to get serious?
Matt's "rules" were 1 month to kiss someone and 3 months until he got exclusive, but it took him only 5 days to kiss me and 2 weeks to tell me he loved me...Rules were meant to be broken!
♥ Who does/ did the laundry?
me...Matt will do some if we are out of clothes and I am pressed for time.
♥ Who’s better with the computer?
Matt
♥ Who drives when you are together?
Since Matt rides his motorcycle 80% of the year, it ends up being me driving my car most of the time.