TWILIGHT

My 2 sisters and I are huge fans of the Twilight books so we decided to have a girls night and attend the Twilight premier party at the megaplex theaters. We had the time of our lives. It was great to share this together, we danced the night away and later saw the first showing of the movie. It was soo fun to be in a theater packed with only women...crazy women!!!

I cant wait to repeat something like this for the sequel.

3 years later...

Our 3rd year anniversary just came and went Oct. 14. We couldn't celebrate much on that day because it was the middle of the week and we were both loaded with school work, but we had a fun little getaway to Park City this weekend that more than made up for it. It was lots of fun even though it is the off season for Park City. the hotel we stayed in featured an outside heated pool which Mike thoroughly enjoyed as i slaved away in their gym. We walked and shopped the downtown Main Street which i must say is filled with the cutest boutiques and art galleries I've seen. I fell in love with that shopping strip. the restaurants were all delicious but twice as much as we are use to paying down here. our favorite thing we did though was the zip line and tour we took in the winter Olympic sports park. I must say this getaway was much more fun than the Las Vegas trip we took 2 years ago. VIVA PARK CITY!!!

the aspen trees were breath taking so

I forced Mike to strike a pose!!

BEAUtiful Main Street

the infamous "xtreme zip line".

Oh...did i mention it snowed

and Mike went skiing!!! ha ha

Hiking in Utah

So mike and i have been on a few hikes this summer. we hiked the "Y" once with Mike's sis Aubrey, her husband Blake and their pup Mabel (Bailey's sis). i must say hiking the Y was a killer(I had forgotten how difficult and steep it is all the way up). I think thats why there are only 2 pics to show for it, we were too tired to think of taking photos.
We also hiked Provo Canyon a couple of times, which is much better on your legs than the Y because it's mostly flat, the down fall to this particular hike is that you can get carried away and walk a long distance before you realize you should have turned around a long time ago. The end to this hike is impossible to reach, in my opinion. we walked more that 5 miles up and from what Mike tells me, we had quite a bit longer to reach the end. Despite the aches we got from walking 10 MILES on a HOT summer day, it was very fun mostly because Bailey never stopped making us laugh and smile! :)

Here are few pictures of our summer hiking days.

THE Y

we encountered a baby rattle snake on our
way up to the Y. pretty scary given that both
Bailey and her sis Mabel are very curious
pups. it rattled when we passes it. I hope you
can see it, its pretty camouflaged.



the view from the top of the Y was spectacular
and made the hard work up worthwhile, so i
think now, had you asked me the day of the
hike i would have said otherwise...haha

PROVO CANYON

This was funny! Mike was practically
forcing poor Bailey, who was freaked,
into the pond at the bottom of the
waterfall. She was holding on to dear
life trying not to go any further.



Finally Mike just grabbed her and
put her in the deeper end but she
refused to go on her four legs. She
was basically standing the whole
time with Mikes help of course and,
yes, her ears were back the entire
time! Can I say sad but...funny! hehe!



Thank goodness dogs mostly have
short term memories, for both Mike's
and Bailey's sake.





Mike brought lots of snacks to
keep him "hydrated and energized".



Most of our hike at Provo Canyon
went like this: Mike going one way
while Bailey chose the opposite
way.

I GOT TAGGED!

I've been avoiding for so long to be tagged but now i have to face the music because i'm afraid i won't hear the end of it from my friend if i don't follow through!!! HAHA J/K, love U Daiana!:)

Here it goes...

Did you know tag…
My favorite color is...Green
My favorite dessert is...cheese cake ( i could die for a slice!)
My favorite Sunday CD is...don't really have a fav :(
My favorite anytime CD right now is...one republic and augustana! They are GREAT!
My favorite show is...THE HILLS (i know, i know, teenie bopperish!)
My favorite place to be is...with Mikey!!! (pretty cheesy but so true)
My favorite time of day is...night time, wink wink, nudge nudge! ;) hehehe
My favorite holiday is...Christmas of course!
My least favorite thing to do is...home work...although sometimes necessary i truly dread reading textbooks for the most part!
My least favorite thing to wear is...heels...i've gotten out of habit and find them really uncomfortable.
My least favorite place to be is...outside when it's way to hot. i can't stand the heat so i'm really looking forward to it cooling down soon!
My secret obsession right now is...not going to bed till 2:00 a.m because of late movies we watch in our bedroom with our projector. so fun!
I miss...MIAMI....(not the heat, but my fam and friends!)
I have been terrible at keeping in touch with...my fiends and fam.
I have not seen.. Dumb and Dumber... it's terrible, i know, i get alot of heat from Mike because of this
I have the sweetest...most wonderful and understanding hubby.(mua, love you babe!)
At night I...am the most awake and alert. night owl, i guess.
I hate...bugs!!! yuck
I will be sad when...we leave our fam and friends to go to graduate school.
I look forward to the day that I will...be done with school and can finally settle down!
I love...THE TWILIGHT SERIES!!!!! my fav by a long shot!

THE END.

my favorite seinfeld clip

i bust a gut everytime i watch this clip from seinfeld.

Tour of Utah

The 5 day cycling event, the Tour of Utah, was held this week. Patty and I made it to 1 of the races. It was a time trial, so 1 rider leaves the starting gate every minute. the best part about going to a time trial race is that you can get close to some of your favorite professional riders. there were many famous racers but i really wanted to see tyler hamilton who rides for Rock Racing (for those of you that know designer jeans, the designer of Rock N Republic jeans owns and manages this team). tyler hamilton is most famous for winning gold in the 2004 olympics in, you guessed it, cycling. after his time trial was over i was able to ask him to sign one of my cycling jerseys. here's a few pics.


Rock Racing is sponsored by cadillac. they definately have the coolest team cars at any race.

this is olympic gold medalist, tyler hamilton

team rock racing warming up

team garmin chipotle warming up




oscar sevilla of rock racing finishing strong at the miller motorsports park

my new favorite jersey signed by tyler hamilton

Bailey's 1st Birthday

remember, we don't have any kids. . . .



For Bailey's 1st birthday, my sister aubrey and her husband blake threw a birthday party for both her and her sister (mabel) at their apt. she baked a cake made especially for dogs (which included baby food and ground veal - yuck, but they loved it.) blake even tried a piece and commented that it was very. . .flavorful. they invited a cute little pug named buddha that lives next door. it was probably the best birthday any dog could hope for.

JOHN MAYER / COLBIE CAILLAT CONCERT

FOR MY BIRTHDAY, WHICH ISN'T FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS, PATTY AND I WENT TO THE JOHN MAYER / COLBIE CAILLAT CONCERT AT THE USANA. IT WAS GREAT! WE GOT 10TH ROW TICKETS FROM THE JOHN MAYER FAN CLUB (YES, I AM A MEMBER). THE MUSIC WAS TOP NOTCH - I'M A HUGE BLUES FAN AND HALF THE CONCERT WAS THE NEW BLUES SONGS FROM HIS NEW ALBUM CONTINUUM. ALL I CAN SAY IS HE REALLY ROCKED THE PLACE.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 2 GREAT ALBUMS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO SWITCH TRACKS EVERY COUPLE SONGS CHECK OUT COLBIE'S ALBUM COCO AND JOHN'S ALBUM CONTINUUM. EACH SONG ON THESE ALBUMS ARE HITS.

PLEASE ENJOY THE PICS AND VIDEOS THAT WE TOOK.

TOM, THIS COULD BE YOU JAMMING WITH COLBIE (YOUR MINI CRUSH).

Le tour de france

Le tour de France

for those of you that don't know, july is my favorite month (not just because it's my birth month but) because it is also the month of the tour de france. i never miss a day tour de france madness. this year there are 2 american teams and with no lance armstrong anyone can win.

you have got to see this

even if you don't like U2 but you like concerts, you should see it. the 3d was soooo amazing that we thought that we had special seats on top of the cameras. you feel more than just being there, you feel that you are part of the band. The Edge and I are best friends - we let bono hang out sometimes

The Yogurt Incident

The other day we took Bailey with us for a drive and had to leave her in the car while we quickly stepped into the grocery store to buy something. Anyway, we decided to leave my left over yogurt from earlier on the dashboard thinking there was no way she'd be able to get any where near it. i don't know how she managed, but by the time we got back to the car she had more than finished it off. the yogurt was caked on her face. it was so funny, Mike and I laughed the whole way home. lol!!

Fun Day

I bet those of you who are or have been in our situation would agree that the last couple of weeks in school can be extremely stress full due to finals. So we decided, last Saturday, that before we lost our minds studying for butts off, we'd dedicate an entire day of stress free fun just for us. Of course this was all done on a budget and let me tell you the starving student card came in handy big time. We went shopping, ice skating, to the movies and out to dinner. It was lots of fun and it really helped us forget, at least for the day, about school and finals. I really recommend this for couples who are still in school, try it, if you haven't yet, and you'll see. Anyway, here are two pics of us ice skating that day.

I laugh every time I look at the bottom pic of Mike although the pic doesn't really capture what was really going on. From the time we got there till the time we left, he couldn't do a full circle around the ice rink without getting cramps on his feet. He blamed it on the skates even though he changed them a couple of times with different ones. lol!!

Bailey our little scoundrel

We had a little surprise awaiting us when we got home, after our classes, today. Little Miss Bailey was waiting by the door when we arrived. Our jaws dropped as we stepped inside and saw that she was by the door. Apparently we some how forgot to zip up her crate before we left this morning and so she roamed free all day till we came back. we nervously searched all corners of our apt. to see if there were any mishaps waiting for us to clean up, but fortunately it appears all Bailey did while we were gone was tear our ward news letter to shreds and sleep on the top of the couch the entire time. I think we were definitely pretty lucky this time given that she is still in her puppy stage and could have done much more damage. It was pretty funny how guilty she felt even though she hadn't done anything wrong and we weren't punishing her for anything.

I have to say that the reason I took a superhero personality test was to clear up some confusion as to which superhero i was and which superhero I was going to be at my nephew's superhero themed birthday party. there is now no confusion.
Your results:
You are Green Lantern
Hot-headed. You have strong
will power and a good imagination.


Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

i did, however, end up going as Mr. Incredible with patty being Elastigirl and bailey being Dash. Here's a pic of me with my nephew (aka spiderman).