jazz and fondue

lately we've been having a lot of fun around here, so the tuesday after the wedding we went to the jazz vs suns game. and whoever won the game was headed to the play-offs, which meant the place was PACKED, sold-out, and full of energy!! it was so fun to be there, and the jazz pulled it off and the victory streamers and confetti exploded out the celing! we were at the very top but we were still part of the action and we even got to hang out with lil' bear for a while when he popped out of the curtain behind us.

the next night a couple of kyle's aunts were in town for women's conference so we met up with them and a few cousins for dinner at brick oven. no pictures that night, but it was sure fun to catch up with them!

thursday night we met up with jeff and allie at the bowling lanes, where i started things off right with two gutter balls, haha. but i was able to catch up and tie w/kyle for the win! then we headed back to our place for some chocolate fondue mmm...complete w/ strawberries, bananas, pretzels, and angel food cake. i love hanging out with these 2, they're such a fun (and cute) couple!

the arena.
 i took this during warm-up, but believe me by the time the game started this place was packed!

 hanging with lil' bear

allie, jeff, me, kyle, andrew

fun-do!

99 pink balloons go bye

i am LOVING the weather in utah right now, the past 4 days have been perfect! me and kyle have been outside taking walks/runs, walking to the library and reading our books in the park, and saturday afternoon we got to spend some time pool side with some friends.

but before we made it to the pool on saturday we had danielle and stephen's wedding! i love weddings when you're friends with the bride AND groom and your hubs is friends with both too AND you get to go to the wedding with more friends!

the luncheon/reception was held at the garden room at thanksgiving point which is where the tulip festival was being held. we were on the top floor of the building and the whole backside was windows that overlooked the tulip festival and the mountains, GORGEOUS!! the bride and groom were happy and glowing, the food was delicious, and the company was fabulous. we ended the festivities with a balloon send off, we all lined up outside to the car and as they passed us we released white, pink, and coral helium balloons--it was so cute!

i just love this couple! we actually got to spend some time with them earlier this week too. kyle teamed up with all the guys for a bachelor party where they ate pizza, played poker, and watched man movies. and since we've already had a bridal shower for danielle, while the boys were partying we got together with some girl friends and went to The Vow. tear jerker for sure.

i realize that some of the following pictures are pretty poor quality, but that's what i get with my camera and i figured i'd rather have fuzzy/blurry pictures of my life than no pictures at all!

jeff, allie, me, kyle, andrew

elisa, me, kyle, andrew, jeff, allie, keisha, landon

such pretty tulips!

the happy couple!

is he too old for an easter egg hunt?

not when its three BIG, manly, orange eggs hidden by your thoughtful wife! like last year i hid the 3 eggs in our apartment, and it took kyle almost two minutes to find all of them. in the first one he got a couple new ties, the second was a little easter candy, and the third one was a pair of new scrubs for each of us! and to make it even better my sweet husband also gave me some beautiful tulips!

we really had a great easter this year, after church we headed to our friend's apartment for some traditional easter din din. burritos! haha, but they we're delicious and we had a blast catching up with our friends and talking about the good ole days. its hard to believe that we've been friends for almost 6 years now!

and the next day me and kyle both wore our new scrubs to work:)

the sneaky location where i hid the biggest egg

our easter spoils!

easter dinner group! danielle, stephen, kyle, me, andrew, jeffrey, allie
ok we took a group picture and i tried to squeeze in next to kyle and thought i looked
a little weird so i thought i'd try a different pose...see below

and this is the one where everyone else looks like my back-up dancers

glory in gnocchi

remember in my last post how i mentioned gloria's little italy? and the gnocchi w/ rosata sauce? well the dream that is that pasta became a reality in my mouth last weekend. gloria's is pretty pricey so we don't go there often but last saturday we had a coupon and we wanted to use it! well many pieces of bread, one soup, one salad, two steaming platefuls of those fluffy, pillowy, perfect potato pastas with creamy-tomatoy sauce, and two humongous desserts later we were both happily stuffed. mmmm...i love a good date night with my man!

time to commune

since staci was in town for the wedding, we had to have a girls lunch! communal was the place. and we ate and chatted, caught up, gossiped filled each other in on factual happenings, and took pictures of our culinary delights.

 i love these girls and i love communal. the closer i get to leaving provo, the more i realize i will miss it. in the past couple years some really awesome eateries have opened in provo and i love that they're all within a 10 minute drive of my apartment.

so if you're local and haven't been, here's some places to put on your list: communal, pizzeria 712, mountain west burrito, sammy's, station 22, shoga, black sheep cafe  and then my favorite oldies bombay house and gloria's little italy--get the gnocchi w/ rosata sauce, you're welcome.

me, staci, elisa

communal

wedding bells

its spring time, which here in provo means wedding time! last week kyle's best friend zak tied the knot, and in the same temple me and kyle got married in, awww. my old roommate staci is the bride's cousin and she's the one who set the two lovebirds up in the first place.

and the next morning i had a bridal shower for another old roommate and friend Danielle, who is marrying kyle's old roommate and friend Stephen! and all four of us are friends from freshman year--that ward was seriously the best, we've had so many couples come outta that freshman year, not to mention all the close friends!

it's nice that me and kyle are finally getting some more married friends. now that we're moving to texas in 2 months...

wedding luncheon

kyle, me, staci, andrew

kyle & zak

bridal shower! danielle, me, elisa, bethany

i need a new camera

back when i started this blog my old digital camera was dying and then died, so i switched to kyle's old digital camera but it could only take about 5 pictures before the new batteries i had just put in it would be drained. but then my dad gave me his old digital camera annnnnd that only lasted a month and a half. BUT! right then (almost as a sign from God that he wants me to record some of my life) i was called as the ward picture-taker and given a digital camera to use. which i conveniently used for my own purposes as well as the ward's.

alas i was released from that calling in january and had to return the camera. which means i've pretty much stopped blogging. it's a lot harder for me to blog without pictures, so i usually wait till someone else takes pictures for me--like my parents in february.

but march has been pretty boring anyway, so there's not a lot to update about.
here's some things i can remember:
-kyle took the GRE and did AWESOME
-we had a fun sushi double-date w/ chels + david
-i joined kyle and a bunch of his guy friends in playing some basketball, and didn't completely embarrass myself
-we had a fun ward party at a gymnastics center
-i had a fun lunch with my friend elisa
-some spring weather finally arrived and me and kyle have started going outside again! playing tennis, basketball, soccer (kyle), frisbee at the park, etc
-we used a free bowling coupon one day and BOTH of us bowled TURKEYS! kyle even bowled TWO!
-saw the hunger games and LOVED it!
-lacey came to town and we had such a fun breakfast at communal w/ elisa, danielle, bethany + chels
-me and kyle babysat our friends' baby the other night while they went to the temple and it was so fun! emery is an 11-month old little boy and it was so cute seeing kyle interact w/him--melted my heart a little<3
-and today after a great day of conference, delicious food, cinnamon rolls, and time at the park, we had a fun time at a reunion for kyle's mission. kyle's first district of missionaries that he taught in the mtc just got home and were at the reunion tonight! it was fun for him to see them and catch up on tahiti news. and i always enjoy  hearing all the crazy stories from the mission.

well i think that was most of the excitement for march, but we have some fun things coming up in april and it should be a good month, so i'll try to blog a little more!