Matt's Golden birthday!

On Saturday Matt turned 25 on the 25th! We celebrated the whole weekend. On Friday we went to Red Robin and used his free birthday burger coupon. Then we  used our pass of all passes and went to Orem's fun center. Where we played putt putt, did go karts, and played in the batting cages. We had a great time and can't wait to go back again. On Saturday I made Matt a breakfast with mushrooms and he opened his presents. Then we watched Wreck it Ralph and got ready for the party. We had a build your own pizza bar and homemade photo booth. On Sunday I made him a honey mustard chicken with mushrooms.  It was a great weekend!

putt putt

batting cages

the cake! Matt loves golf

mushroom omelette bites 

presents

25 memories/things I love on the back of favorite pictures

personal pizzas 

all the toppings 

costco cake!

noah and kaitie 

roomies 

marah and stephen

dan and sam

matt and kayle

golden 25- my favorite decoration( I love the baby pictures)

birthday boy

25!

Our Sunday dinner notice how my piece does not have any mushrooms

2 years

On May 13th, we celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary! It was a great day. We went to Tucanos for dinner and exchanged gifts at home. I got Matt a print of Utah that says I'm so happy we both showed up here. Matt got me my favorite cookies and the movie Safe Haven. It has been a wonderful 2 years and we can not wait to see what year 3 has in store for us.

Pre anniversary picture

Tucanos- so yummy

the card I made 

presents 

my presents 

Rooftop Concert and Provo Bakery

We crossed off 2 more things off our bucket list for Provo. We went to the rooftop concert at the beginning of May. We really liked the blue aces an all girl band that are high schoolers!! We also tried out Provo Bakery we got glazed donuts and 2 danishes, everything was great! We want to try out more stuff.

• hike bridal veil falls
• go camping
• go to zion national park together?
• go swimming/visit the great salt lake
• hike the Y together
• go to the provo bakery
• go to sundance
• visit the capital building in slc
• go to the provo pioneer museum
• have kneaders all you can eat french toast
• see a movie at the varsity theater on campus
• eat at the sky room 
• eat a kong cone at maceys
• go roller skating 
• go to moab?
• explore the moa together
• use the byu pool
• go to ozz
• visit shops on center street
• go to the provo farmer's market
• go to the provo rooftop concert series once

Matt's Graduation

Matt has been graduated for a month now,but I still wanted to blog about the great weekend we had celebrating. Matt graduated from BYU with a Master's degree in Accounting. We are heading to Massachusetts for Matt to attend the University of Massachusetts for him to get his Phd in experimental accounting.

The graduate

The hood for the Macc

He did it!

Good Eats

Matt and I have been trying to eat healthier this year and we have had some great new additions to our menu. I love using new recipes and I love when they are healthy too.

Avocado Chicken Salad served on a pita: recipe
-We left out the onions and just mixed everything in one bowl

Broccoli and Chicken Alfredo: recipe
- We used fettuccine noodles,but you can use whatever noodle you like or have.

This is my Pinterest board with all the food we have made before and liked. They aren't all healthy,but they are tried and true.

University of Massachusetts

Matt got accepted to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst,Massachusetts. We will be moving there probably late June early July and we are driving the 36+ hour drive. We are excited for the adventure of living on the east coast. Some places we can't wait to explore:
1. Salem Witch Museum
2. Boston
3. Plymouth Rock

I'm excited that we are so close to so many fun places! 4 hours to Philly, 3 hours to New York, 6 and a half to D.C. and about 8 hours to Matt's family.

His program is between 4 and 5 years. He is getting his Ph d in accountancy. He is almost done with his Masters from BYU. He loves research and hopes to teach at a university where he will be able to do  mainly research,but also teach classes. His research focus is experimental accounting. This kinda means  he is interested in doing experiments where he finds out more about how auditors think and what motivates them in the workplace. Ask Matt if you want to learn more about it,but that's what I understand about it.

Literally cross country roadtrip

The campus

The possible route

Resolutions Update

I made 4 goals this year for myself. Since a third of the year is already upon us, I thought I would do an update of my progress. I've had a pretty great start of the year,so hopefully we can keep this momentum going.

 My personal goals for 2013:
1. Blog 2 times a month
2.Do personal scripture study
3. Read 50 books
4. Lose 50 pounds

Goal 1- Blog:
January -6
February-3
March-6
April-1

Goal 2-Scriptures:
I've been really struggling to start this. I wish I had more to report on this,but I need to set up a schedule and just stick to it.

Goal 3-Read:
1.Marika
2.Diary of a wimpy kid
3. Rodrick Rules
4. The Last Straw
5. The September Sisters
6. The Hate List
7. Dog Days
8. Most Talkative-Andy Cohen's Biography
9. The Rescue
10. Bossypants- Tina Fey's Biography
11. The Road to Grace (currently reading)
Goodreads profile

Goal 4- Weight:
 I'm really proud of the success I have had in this goal. So far I have lost 16.5 pounds!  I go running Mondays and Wednesdays at the indoor track on campus. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I do a Zumba class through BYU. I track everything I eat through a free app called lose it. Right now I have hit a plateau,so I'm trying to figure out how I can get through it. Wish me luck on this LONG process.

The apps I use 

The most current picture of me