Josh's obsession

Josh went golfing with his brother-in-laws last week. After they played 18 holes Josh and Kirk decided to go sneak into a pond and fetch as many golf balls as they could before they got caught. Josh just bought a range pass for the year. I guess this was his way of "saving" money and fetching balls to practice with.

95 balls TOTAL...so proud

Josh's other obsession as well as mine...is our townhouse. Josh goes there just about everyday to see the progress. I love how excited he gets. It really will be so nice to have a place of our own soon. 

 Some more pics after only 1 week

Look whose in town!

Kaley came in town from Florida to visit. I felt like it was Christmas morning. Not having her here in Utah has been so sad. I always tell Kaley that she is "one of a kind". 2 years ago we met and were instantly attached at the hip. She is one of the best friends anyone could ask for. I admire who she is as a person. She lights up a room and makes me laugh so hard. One of the nights we went to dinner and talked forever. We did some bargain shopping and got our nails done.

                                                                                                                                                                 


Saturday Sadi, Kaley and I went up to Park City to do the alpine slide. The leaves were gorgeous and the weather wasn't too cold....even though my nose looks like a could guide Santa's sleigh.

                                               

Somehow we weaseled our way around getting a free coaster ride.

My parents and brothers were staying the weekend up at the Canyons resort so we met them for dinner. Later we roasted marshmallows at the Montage hotel and enjoyed some free hot chocolate. I was stoked that they had peppermint flavored marshmallow. I can die happy. 

I didn't want this night to end. 

Dates with friends

Two of my friends are getting married the same week. I was able to go to each of their bachelorette parties. Here are some photos from each.

Bread bowls were made into boobies and soups were give dirty names. I really hope nobody under 18 years of age is reading this.

The party was a lot of fun. Everything was decorated in such a "creative" way.  Josh actually went to bachelor party that same night. After I sent him a picture some of the hilarious display items at the party he sent me a video back. It was of all the guys at the bachelor party climbing on a ledge and free falling off. Below was a huge group of guys catching everyone. Enough said...The difference in how men and women party. haha

I asked Josh to go on a triple date with my grandma and mom to watch Olivia perform in the Homecoming Spectacular. Later I found out Josh was giving up watching the Yankees baseball game. What a good sport! He may or may not have been watching the score on his phone during the concert. Olivia did an amazing job! My grandma walked around like a drunk. I don't even want to know how she would be if she actually did drink. She is the most entertaining lady I have ever met. We ran into 2 zoobies making out forever in the lobby. They walked 5 feet and went at it again. Naturally I yelled out, "Get some". (they still kept at it) The best part is when he started to sing Phantom of the Opera to her (dead serious). I couldn't take it anymore. Next thing you know my grandma walks right in the middle of them and acts like she is lost. She told him he had a beautiful voice and asked if they needed a breathe of fresh air. Doesn't get much better than that!

Friday we got together with some of my best friends from Cougarettes and their husbands for dinner, pumpkin carving and games. This was the first time I had ever carved a pumpkin. Seeing my friends was such a blast. I am so grateful for the friendships I made on Cougarettes. These are the type of friendships that will be there for the rest of your life. This is how we feel when we see each other.

CARVING PUMPKINS

Josh and I went to the BYU game and enjoyed our first Cougar tail. Afterwards we met up with a bunch of our friends for tacos. They are all such good moms and most importantly friends. I hope I can do half as many crafts and activities as they do when I have kids one day. ha 

Vacation/Conference/Love

Last weekend we went to St Geezy with a bunch of couples. Did our best to get a nice tan! Checked out Swiss Days in Santa Clara. Never go!! Complete disaster and nothing like the one in Utah. That aside we enjoyed relaxing and went to Swig for a dirty diet and sugar cookie everyday. Still not regretting that decision. My husband doesn't and never has liked taking pictures. So the ones you see with him in them is a big deal. He will thank me one day.

Sadi and I enjoying sun

This last week Josh and I keep driving past our place to see how it's coming along. I love that we go back to back thinking there will be drastic progress after 24 hours. Its obvious we are overly anxious to have a place of our own. We are hoping it will be done end of November!

Work is picking up and I have been planning a lot of events for Domo to attend. Luckily Friday was a slow day so some of us went to Happy Sumo and Malawis for dessert. My kind of Friday. 

Friday night Josh and I doubled with his parents and ate at CPK. It's our signature place to go...besides Texas Roadhouse.

Good food and good company

Later we hit up the BYU football game. We went to our seats and Santa happened to be sitting
right next to our seats. I thought Christmas wasn't until December. Crap I hope I've been good. k Stupid anyways the point is that Josh asked me which side I wanted to sit on...my options were his parents or Santa. Awkward pause....(was that even a question)  Did he really think I wanted to be crammed next to Santa the whole game? The seats were crammed enough as it was. Well if you are wondering, I took one for the team and sat next my white bearded friend. He had a ton of snacks in his sweatshirt 

pouch; I thought I maybe would get lucky and he would share ;) Nope no luck. I have been craving his Good and Plenty candy ever since. 

Saturday I went up to Daybreak and ran 6 miles. It is gorgeous up there. I have learned that I am obsessed with scenery and looking at homes. Must have gotten it from Howard. 

Josh went golfing Saturday with his brother in law Kirk. They spent most of the morning and afternoon together. With all this golf Josh is doing I am hoping a PGA tour is in his future. Ha he definitely is getting the most out of his month pass. Sadly it ends Tuesday. Sorry babe. 

Spent the afternoon trying to find cleaning toilets somewhat fathomable. Just singing to Pandora. Josh's mom was raised washing toilets with a washcloth. Not this girl; toilet brush all the way. Gross! 

If you are thinking that I should be embarrassed for taking a picture of myself then you are absolutely right. I totally am. We all have our moments. I always find ways to entertain myself. Josh jokes that he is always worried when we go on road trips because he wants me to have fun and thinks I constantly need to be entertained. Well this picture should convince him that I can entertain myself. 

There is nothing like conference weekend. All the girls got together during priesthood session and ordered Olive Garden take out. The kids ran around as if they were all on a sugar high. I am very excited to have kids someday but as for now i can definitely wait. ;) After everyone left, Josh's mom and I went to get hot chocolate and doughnuts. We both love treats.

Sunday I made homemade cinnamon rolls for the morning session of conference. I told josh to sit back and relax. Next thing you know this is what I see out of the corner of my eye. CLASSIC picture.

I hope he was able to find Waldo. 

In between sessions Josh and I went on a walk. I don't mean to get mushy on here but there are many moments when I sit back and wonder how I got so lucky. Why he chose me? I am so grateful for how patient he is with me and for his unconditional love and example. He is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am not professing that life is a fairy tale and what we have is any better than anyone else. Ive actually never understood why people try to convince others that what they have is pure bliss. Maybe its because everyone is trying to keep up with what people portray to be "perfect" through instagram and facebook. People....Marriage isn't and wasn't intended to be perfect.

I have learned so much about life and love. Love is special because you always have someone by your side. I can be emotional and do things that I am sure annoy the crap out of him and yet we forgive and try to be better the next day. It's through experiences in life that you grow as a couple. Life is such a fun journey, especially when you get to share it with an amazing spouse. You adapt, meet in the middle and fall more in love everyday. It's such a beautiful thing.

I loved conference and look forward to it. I felt that the overall theme was to strengthen your testimony and serve others. See the potential that Heavenly Father sees in others. Family is the most important thing in the life and serving Heavenly Fathers children. 

Russel Ballard: SERVICE. Are we truly converted to the gospel of Christ. Not just going through the motions.  Live what we profess to believe. Be humble, meek and live with the Holy Ghost as a constant companion. In your morning prayer ask heavenly father to guide you to serve one of his children. Look for someone to help. He answers people prayers through someone else. 

New job

My new job has been better than I could have imagined. I love the people I work with and the environment is a blast. I got thrown in to it all during the busiest time for the company. Domo had been preparing to go to a Dreamforce convention that would have over 70,000 attendees. From the first day I started it was meeting after meeting; I was forced to learn and learn FAST. Some call it baptism by fire. ha Oh ya!

Our CEO asked me to give a presentation at Dreamforce with a guy named Chris. I felt very privileged that he trusted me to represent DOMO after only working there four days. It was a lot of added pressure but we pulled through and had a great show. A bunch of us from Marketing and the Sales team went to the event. The show was a full week and took place in the lovely city of San Francisco. I loved it!

Our hotel was in the heart of everything. I spent a great deal of my time working,shopping, and having a good time with co-workers. Our booth at the convention was the biggest hit. Our goal was to show qualified customers our 2 min private demo video and then set up a follow up private demo afterwards. Our booth had a huge long line everyday/every hour.

It felt great to be apart of such an awesome company that is getting a lot of buzz. The trip consisted of very little if any sleep and some tired legs. Why didn't anyone tell me San Fran was fall weather already?

 I brought the worst shoes for walking and not one jacket. I felt like my sister Olivia, who every family trip happens to "forget" something so my dad will buy her stuff. ha I always knew she was smart. Anyways, this experience was me paying the price.

After my trip the best part was seeing my husband at the airport. He had mentioned earlier he had a surprise for me. Unfortunately, I didn't notice the surprise. Josh had tinted the windows to my new car and washed it for me. I said something along these lines... "You have such a good looking face it's hard to notice anything else." Nice save by me.

We spent the day helping his sister move and went to dinner with some friends later that night. Sunday was relaxing. We went to my parents house for an amazing dinner and enjoyed watching some football.

Monday Josh and I spent the day hanging out and running errands. We also enjoyed lunch at Costco and dinner at our favorite place...Texas Roadhouse! That night we went to shop for furniture. One thing I have learned is Josh and I see colors completely different. I definitely think he needs to get his eyes checked. I insisted that a couch was a gray but he begged to differ. In his mind it was a shade of green. Yikes!

For anyone who is looking for a hilarious movie.....drumroll, go get "What to expect, when expecting" Josh and thought it was hilarious.

Work and Football

This week I started my new job at Domo. I am in the Marketing department and I love it so far. Domo is a new form of business intelligence (BI)- an executive management platform delivered as a service that helps managers and executives transform the way they run their company. I have only been there for three days and I absolutely love it. I am learning a lot; it is for sure different than marketing for sports ha. It is a great environment with so many fun people. My first day of work I found this sweet note in my car.

Josh invested in some of his very own golf clubs this week! He has already been 3 times this week ha. I am glad he found a new passion. Watching him carry around his clubs reminds me of a little kid. All it took was me going to the driving range with him one time months ago to realize he would never ask me to be his golfing partner. If anyone ever needs clubs or anything golf related go to Uinta golf. They have been so good to Josh and we love their customer service. 

Saturday Josh and I went to the BYU game. Tailgating consisted of eggs, french toast and cinnamon rolls. It was my first time tailgating and it will not be my last. The game was way hot but the only thing that matters was the Cougars won!

Later that night Josh went to a Bachelor party with his friends! I enjoyed Little Caesars with his parents and some bargain shopping at Walmart. To end the night we met up with some friends and did smores in the back yard. Overall a great weekend.

Our new chapter of life in Utah

Here are the rest of the pictures I promised from Vancouver!

We had such a good time! We did the Suspension Bridge, Elizabeth Park, Stanley Park and ate at great restaurants.

Once we got back home we realized we only had a couple more weeks left in Seattle forever. Arriving back in Seattle we both were surprised how much we felt we were back at home. Josh and I tried to figure out the best way to get all of our stuff back to Utah. We decided there wasn't enough room in the car for me and our stuff. I flew home a week early with as many bags as I could take. Naturally since Josh would be out there for another week selling I went to California for one last trip with my parents and grandparents. He insisted that I go with my family on one last trip before I started work. I still felt so bad that he had to work while I was on vacation and then drive back alone. He reminded me that if I didn't go to California and insisted on making the drive with him I would have to be strapped to the top of the car anyways. He is such a good husband to have packed up all of our stuff and make the drive alone.

My parents and I drove to Newport Beach and enjoyed 5 days at our timeshare. This was the first trip without any of my siblings. Everyone had school but me....lucky me. Anyways, I felt like I was an only child and I won't lie, I'm not sure I liked it. It was so different to not have my siblings around. Luckily my parents are pretty cool cats and we had a good time. My sweet Grandma would give an arm and a leg to live in California. The whole trip she just stared out the window like a little kid on Christmas Eve waiting for Santa. She gave me permission to sprinkle her ashes in the ocean one day. Here she is trying to rationalize how to buy her dream home in Newport...

I went on some great runs along the beach and cannot get enough of the ocean.

An exhausting bike ride with my dad. The "short ride" he promised was sooo NOT 

(Newport Temple)

Swap Meet with some tall freaks

Dinner, shopping and Pink berry are always on our to do list

The trip finally came to an end and back to Utah for good it was. We flew home Thursday night for the BYU Football game. I was so excited to be back in Utah for good with Josh! Going to the BYU football game was a different experience than I was used to. It was the first time in 6 years that I had ever actually sat in a seat and watched the game as a fan. There were pros and cons. Being on Cougarettes and working for Marketing gave me the best seat in the house...the field! The pros of being a fan with nothing to do was I was free and could actually sit back and enjoy myself!

Josh and I are currently living with his parents for the next couple of months until our townhouse in Draper is finished being built. We loved our summer in Seattle and left so many great memories behind. Now that we are back it is time for a new chapter in our lives. We are so excited to live in a brand new place of our very own come November! Josh and I are having way too much fun making preparations and looking at furniture!
I start my new job at Domo tomorrow doing Marketing, I am so anxious. There are so many new exciting things taking place in our lives and we love it!

Peace out for now.

Love the Newbolds