Blickenstaff's

There is a candy and toy store in the Riverwoods in Provo and I love it! My mom and I were there the other day after we went to eat at Bajio and shop at Williams-Sonoma. I am a child at heart and I love to go there and get the rock candy. My mom makes fun of me for eating it because it's just straight sugar, but I love it! As I was checking out, I noticed that they had a great promotion going on. If I linked their site to my blog, then I could get a free pound of candy! I decided getting a free pound of rock candy is just what the doctor ordered :) Go to http://blickenstaffs.com/ to check it out!

The last few weeks!

I should really take more pictures to document more, because pictures are much more fun to look at then the words sometimes. Things we've been up to:

- BYU's men's volleyball game with Oak and Scott, Brandon and Amanda and Mitch and Jenni. We came back to our house afterward and ate the only good chocolate chip cookies I have ever made!
- Act of Valor (navy seal movie) with Ty, then dinner at Zupa's and desser at Farr's Fresh
- Katelyn's volleyball tournament, then shopping at Dillards and dinner at Costa Vida followed by ice skating and a movie with Kim and Dave

- Ty went camping last weekend with the young men (they stayed in cabin and went cross-country skiing so it wasn't too bad in this winter weather). Mom and I went to Outback for dinner which was SO GOOD. I got coconut shrimp and steak and we got the raspberry butter for the bread. Afterward, we went to Pier 1 and I got some new pillows for my couches and some other decor. After that we saw The Vow and we both thought it was good! Katelyn was working at Cold Stone, so we stopped and got some ice cream after the movie. Perfect night!

- Ate at Texas Roadhouse with the Glenns (Amy and Jaron, and Kendra and Landon) in our ward then watched the BYU basketball tourney

- Dinner at the China Garden down the road from me last night with Katelyn and Mom

- Surprise yogurt date with Oakley after work

- Hayden is getting married and I'll be one of her bridesmaids in April!

- Ty and I booked a trip to Hawaii :) We couldn't resist!

Valentine's Day!

This year was my favorite Valentine's Day yet. It all started out last Thursday when I walked in after having dinner at my Dad's house to a bouquet of roses which made me audibly gasp when I saw them! They were from Tyler, of course.

On Saturday, we picked up our Valentine's present from my Mom. A TON of chocolate covered strawberries. She gave us a big container of strawberries and 4 containers of chocolate dips so we could make them on our own. Mmm my favorite!

Ty surprised me with new ski goggles! For our date, we went skiing at Sundance which I LOVED. I am getting skiis this year and I will get a season pass as well for next season so I can go all the time! After our ski date we went and got cheeseburgers at Burgers Supreme and they were so good.

The festivities didn't stop there! Tyler showed up at my work on Valentine's Day with 3 balloons and some gum tying them all together and then we went to lunch at a yummy Mexican food restaurant called La Costa. We had so much fun! That's what I love about Tyler; we always have fun together. Happy Valentine's Day!

Kate's v-ball tourney and other fun events

A couple Fridays ago we went up to Sandy to meet Oak and and Scott for dinner at Pei Wei. We got dessert at the Sweet Tooth Fairy then played games at their house. The next day we got up for Brynley's baptism then had lunch at Heather and Casey's afterward.

After that we went up to Salt Lake to watch Katelyn in her volleyball tournament. She did great and it was fun to watch!

After the tournament we went to eat at Shoga (where Jocelyn works) and she served us! It was delish.

I got called to be the 1st counselor in the primary, and one of my projects has been putting together the new birthday gifts.

Last week I came home from work one day to find this necklace from my neighbor, a cute little girl named Hannah, hanging on my front door. It was so cute!

I always love when I get to see my nephew, Ryker. He is such a sweet boy!

We went to Heather and Casey's house for Ryker's first birthday last Friday night. He was adorable as always, and didn't want anything to do with his cake. Heather stripped him down so he could eat and get messy, but he was only interested in feeding her! Afterward, the mass chaos began when the present opening started. The poor little boy was being attacked by all the cousins who wanted a part of it! He is such a sweetheart.

Last night we went to the temple with the Parcells, then went to dinner at Milagros. After that we went to see, "This Means War" and it was hilarious! We loved it.

2012 so far!

2012 has been very good to us so far! These are a couple of things that Ty and I have been up to:

BYU basketball games. This night we went to Zupas for dinner, saw We Bought a Zoo, then got Yogurtland for dessert.

Being love birds

Tyler acting as "horsey" for his nieces

Mozy sales kickoff. Nikki Stone, Olympic Gold aerialist came and spoke to us when we went up to Park City one day to the Olympic Park. She was so motivating! She injured her back really badly and 10 different doctors told her she would never ski again. She worked extremely hard, and ended up with the gold medal!

The Olympic Park had a museum of the different medals and uniforms worn in the 2002 Olympics

Right outside our window where we had our meetings all day were ski jumps that kids were practicing on. One little kid fell really, really hard on one jump and the paramedics had to come and ski him out.

During our break, some of us walked to the luge. We almost took a spin ourselves ;)

That night, Mozy took us to a fun bowling alley in Park City called Jupiter Bowl. The food was incredible and the bowling was fun!

We played pool after we were all bowled-out

We got so tired at the end of the night! We had to meet at at Mozy to take buses to park City at 7 am and didn't get home until midnight!

The next day Mozy paid for us to go skiing. A lot of people didn't take advantage of this, but I sure did! The snow wasn't the greatest at the time, but I still had a really fun time. I went with my co-worker Traci who is a really good skier and I hadn't been for 2 years. This was my 5th time skiing ever! We went down a few scary hills, but I did well and got more comfortable as the day went on!

After skiing, I came home and took a mini nap by the fire because I was so exhausted, then we went to dinner at Brio for Rachel's birthday. It was delicious! We did a little shopping at J. Crew right afterward then went to the car show.

The next day (after sleeping for probably 15 hours...no, I'm not joking, that's how worn out I was from kick off!), we had dinner at Kim and Dave's house then went to the Lehi Trafalga. We did mini-golf, laser tag, rock climbing, and this hilarious ride that is meant for kids but was so much fun! It basically bounces you up and down, and Tyler didn't go on it because he gets motion sickness, but it was so much more exciting than it looked and Kim, Dave and I were laughing so hard! Last Friday night we went to the temple with the Parcells, then had dinner at Outback. On Saturday, I cleaned the house and went to the gym, we went to my dad's house for a fun lunch of spaghetti and played pool, then went to dinner at Olive Garden with Marc and Courtney then to the Orem Trafalga! Afterward we went back to their house and played a fun card game. I think it's call Crazy Six's or something like that.

I went to Texas Roadhouse with my mom and Jocelyn for lunch on Martin Luther King Day because I had the day off of work. My mom and I went shopping afterward, and Jocelyn had to go to work.

Tyler, my mom and I went to visit my grandpa in the hospital on Monday night. He has prostate cancer and had surgery :( I bought him a "lucky" bamboo plant and his favorite - dark chocolate. We went down to the cafeteria and Tyler bought his absolute favorite treat, a chocolate on chocolate Dunford doughnut and some Coke. Really healthy ;) On my way to the hospital it was so snowy and rainy that a car completely flipped over in the intersection. I think the people were okay but it was scary to see! That night we also went over to Kim and Curtis' house to watch the Bachelor and eat my weight in kettle corn.

On Tuesday night I went to get dessert with Kim and Kirsten at the Chocolate. We got a cakookie and spiced hot chocolate. It was fun to catch up with Kirsten because we hadn't seen her in a long time. Her boyfriend met us there and it turns out he asked me out over four years ago when I was dating Tyler at the time so I said no. I knew he looked familiar! They are really cute together! Last night I went to the chiropractor, then went to Olive Garden for dinner with my mom and Katelyn. We got ice cream at Coldstone afterward and it was delish!

Tonight I had my first presidency with the new primary presidency. I got called to be the 1st counselor. Wish me luck!