I Stole This

I saw this picture on a friends blog (thanks Whit!) and thought it was so funny! It reminded me of my favorite play of the whole season when little Austin Collie stiff-armed his way into the end zone against Utah State. I just had to share!

Real Salt Lake Games

The new stadium and some guy's head

Me and Trev at the game vs. FC Dallas
They won 3-1!!

At the cold game vs. New York Red Bulls

After a like a gazillion shots on goal, they ended the game with no goals and lost 1-0. Bummer, but still exciting to watch.

Elk Hunt

Riley and I

It rained so we tried to dry off.

I drew a Meadowville elk tag here in Utah that was ten days long and tons of fun, we saw lots of elk and quite a few nice bulls. On the second to last night this bull came down to a wallow just before dark and I figured it was time to get serious, so I handed him one and put an end to a great hunt.

Dove Hunt

End of the day

The fun stuff

September 1st is always a day that we look forward to around here, that's when hunting season begins. It was raining for most of the morning but we still found quite a few birds, then evening rolled around and there were so many doves bombing into our spot we just figured we had to defend ourselves. What are you gonna do?

Tag #2

GOOGLE GAME

This is how the game works: Use Google image search to answer each question. Then, out of ONLY the first page of results, choose your favorite or most random image. Then tag some people to do it!! :)

MY AGE

PLACE I'VE BEEN TO:

PLACE I WANT TO VISIT:

FAVORITE PLACE

FAVORITE OBJECT

FAVORITE FOOD

FAVORITE ANIMAL

FAVORITE COLOR

BIRTH PLACE

CURRENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE

PETS

PAST LOVE

BEST FRIEND

NICKNAME

FIRST NAME (advice, some slutty girl is named “Traci,” wouldn’t google it if I were you)

MIDDLE NAME

LAST NAME

BAD HABIT

FIRST JOB

GRANDMOTHER'S NAME (all it pulled up were gravestones! How sad)

COLLEGE DEGREE

WHAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW

I tag Amy, Brittney, and Tana!

I was tagged TWICE!

I wonder if that is a sign that I should check my blog more often...

TAG NUMBER ONE:

What are the last three things you purchased?
Well I just went shopping...so a cropped sweater, aviator sunglasses, and a houndstooth scarf.

What are the last three songs you downloaded for your ipod? I haven't downloaded new music for months...my husband made me download Taylor Swift for him...I could live without it.

What are your three favorite movies? This is too hard, but three movies I never get tired of watching are... Shanghai Noon, Miss Congeniality, and cough Clueless cough

What are three things you have not done yet? eaten Sushi, gone skydiving, and completed my second tag

What are three things you cannot live without?(excluding people) Chocolate, TV, the internet

What are your three favorite dishes? Firehouse's BBQ chicken pizza and foccacia bread, my mom's cheese soup, stir fry

What are your three favorite T.V. shows? 30 Rock, Friends, Project Runway

What are the last three places you traveled to that were more then one hundred miles away? Provo, Sacramento CA (Sacramendi), Las Vegas

What are your three favorite desserts? Brownies, candy bars, fudge

What are three things you would buy if money were not an issue? a house, a baby grand piano, more shoes to fill the room in my new house dedicated to my shoes

I tag Kristy, Missy, and Jacque!

Couple Tag

What is his name: Brody
What is her name: Traci
How long have you been together: We've been together for 2.5 years and married for one.
How long did you date: 1.5 years
How old is he: 24
Who eats more: Brody by a long shot
Who said I love you first: Technically he did....I said "I heart you" first :)
Who is taller: Brody by enough to wear 6 inch heels...but who would do that??
Who sings better: According to Singstar - me.
Who is smarter: According to our grades - me. But Brody knows more about animals and plants and guns.
Who does the laundry: Whoever needs clean clothes the worst.
Who pays the bills: We both do! Brody pays the big ones though. :)
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed: My right or your right?
Who mows the lawn: Our landlord's granddaughter.
Who cooks the dinner: We often cook together, but Brody does the hard stuff. I'm good at stirring.
Who drives: Always Brody.
Who is more stubborn: Oh definitely me.
Who kissed who first: He kissed me.
Who proposed: What kind of question is that? Of course Brody proposed.
Who has more friends: According to Facebook, he does...but he's "friends" with people he doesn't even know.
Who is more sensitive: Um...Brody is more sensitive to peoples feelings, but I cry more.
Who has more siblings: Ha! Brody - 3 to my 1.
I tag AMY and CELESTE!

Hollah Sacramendi

So it's been a busy week and I haven't been able to post yet about my wonderful weekend in Sacramento with Missy and her adorable baby! Jacque and I flew out Friday morning and when we arrived in Sacramento we saw this...
Apparently it was some sort of luggage sculpture. Way cool. Then lovely Missy picked us up and we set out shopping, pretty much the entire weekend. Perfect. And we got to go to one of my favorite places in the entire world... (And FYI, I'm not model-posing in this picture, I'm holding my hair down because it was windy.) Saturday night we had dinner at PF Changs where we convinced the waiter to let us steal the really cool plastic soup spoons (its not stealing if you get permission). We really had such a great time and I'm so happy that Missy is in Logan again - although the shopping in California is a gazillion times better.

Friends Quote:
Chandler: Woah, woah, woah. I don't need a roommate either, OK? I can afford to live here by myself. Ya know, I may have to bring in somebody once a week to lick the silverware.
Joey: What're you gettin' so bent out of shape for, huh? It's not like we agreed to live together forever. We're not Bert and Ernie.
Chandler: Look, you know what? If this is the way you feel, then maybe you should take it.
Joey: Well that's how I feel.
Chandler: Well then maybe you should take it.
Joey: Well then maybe I will.
Chandler: Fine with me.
Joey: Great. Then you'll be able to spend more quality time with your real friends, the spoons.

Tootle-ooo USU

So I FINALLY got a job!! I am going to be the Marketing Department Coordinator at ICON Health and Fitness. I feel so lucky to have gotten the one job, after many many applications and interviews, that I actually wanted and thought I would enjoy. Today was my last day at the FACT center on campus because I start my new job tomorrow! It has been such a good place to work while going to school and during these last few months of awful awful job-hunting. My coworkers gathered for some ice cream in my honor and gave me some silly going-away gifts like a USU pendant for my new cubicle and an office voodoo kit. I am really going to miss working with them and getting paid to watch tv online. On a sentimental note, I realized today as I walked away from campus, that I will never NEED to go back there again. After four years, two degrees, and a job for the last 2 years, I'm finally done with USU. Weird.

Friends quote:
Rachel: Guess what?
Ross: You got a job?
Rachel: Are you kidding? I'm trained for nothing! I was laughed at 12 interviews today
Chandler: And yet you're surprisingly upbeat!
Rachel: Well you would be too if you got new boots 50% off
Chandler: Oh how well you know me

Traci and Rosie's Day of Fun!

Saturday I was able to spend a good chunk of the afternoon with my gal-pal Rosie. We had a late lunch at the Cheesecake Factory (about 3:00) in order to avoid a long wait - which was successful - only 15 minutes! I ordered Thai Chicken Pasta (see below) and was soooooo pleased. It was delicious. This was followed by Chocolate peanut butter cookie dough cheesecake...perfect.
Then we had some time to kill and walked into Fashion Place mall next door. We saw a Build-a-Bear Workshop which Rosie had never been in before, and of course then HAD to build an elephant named Bruce. I'm not going to lie, he was very cute.
Friends quote
Janice: Okay. All right. This is what we're gonna call it: 'Joey and Janice's DAY OF FUN!'
Joey: Does it have to be a whole day?
Janice: Yes, because that's how long it takes to love me.

Women with Power Tools

A couple weeks ago, my mom and I went IKEA shopping for all kinds of fun things for her new office. This weekend...it was assembling time. Brody, the ultimate assembler-builder-man, unfortunately could not accompany me, and my mom and I were on our own. Our first amazing feat was carrying the box from the car, while opening the door, into the building, and into the office. After about an hour of grunting and pushing and sweating...we did it! See above picture - a beautiful shelving unit, assembled all by ourselves. It was then that we realized that we had left the car illegally parked, with the trunk open.

So I've decided that I can relate almost all instances in my life to a quote from the TV show "Friends." Therefore, I will include a quote on all future posts for your enjoyment.

Friends quote
Chandler: Yes, and I get my ya-yas from IKEA. You have to put them together yourself, but they cost a little less.

Brian Head and Bear Lake

This weekend we hit both ends of the state with two family reunions and were able to enjoy the scenic drive through central Utah twice! My family gathered in Brian Head for some Shakespeare, hiking, and pool-playing at the ginormous cabin we stayed in. We saw "Two Gentlemen of Verona" in Cedar City, which was entertaining, but didn't make my Shakespeare-favorites list, and Brody stayed awake through the whole thing - I was so proud! Then we were off Bear Lake with Brody's family (for some reason we didn't take any pictures of that, so you'll have to take my word for it). The water was surprisingly pleasant and the jet-skis were so fun! And of course we played some rousing card games. Overall, it was a LONG, but fun weekend.

311 at Usana

Snoop Dogg (notice the marijuana leaf?)

This girl was wearing booty shorts over her jeans???

311 doin their thang

So it finally arrived...the 311 concert which I had been waiting for since I bought tickets months ago. I went with my good friend Emma and we had a great time. I was surprised that Snoop Dogg was the other artist (I thought the music genres were pretty different) but I've always loved "Drop it Like its Hot!" I really did NOT like his part of the show though...he kept yelling obscenities and stuff about weed. So basically Emma and I just sat for a couple hours feeling uncomfortable and observing the weirdos around us (see picture above). 311 was AMAZING however. They sound EXACTLY the same live and played most of my favorite songs! We were having a great time singing along and dancing around, but I must've been dancing a little to wildly because I kept hitting my knees on the cup holders in front of me! I seriously have bruises now - my first concert wound.

Camping

Chillin' by the fire

Horseshoes (they're a lot heavier than I imagined)

Cheese balls by the cheese balls.

So this weekend we went camping with the Maughan family. I haven't been camping since I was in Young Womens so I guess it was time. We played horseshoes, went for a jaunt on the 4-wheeler and ate some really good food (bravo to the chefs). And of course, there were smores! The mosquitoes were pretty ridiculous and I got a bit of a sunburn (dang thin mountain air), but overall we had a good time.

Chuck the Duck

So my good friend Jacque has moved to town and boy do I love her face! She and I went to First Dam last week to see if we could get a little sun. Two observations: the First Dam ducks are not afraid of you, and coconut tanning oil does not taste like coconuts. One particular duck , let's call him Chuck, was a little too close for comfort, so Jacque, being the good friend she is, chased it away. It was hilarious. We attempted to recreate the situation so that I could take a picture...but she must've scared Chuck pretty good and he stayed in the water after that (see above, doesn't he look terrified?)

That's right, we ROCK!

So it finally happened. We bought Guitar Hero!! So here's the story...thanks to Matthew Grant Flamm I learned that internet sites offering free iPods and other junk are not all scams. I set my sights on a free Wii several months ago and finally got a check in the mail for $300...which is not a Wii, but I figured I'd just buy one. HA! After calling certain stores every morning to ask if they got a Wii in their shipment that day, and deciding that wasn't worth it, we bought a Playstation 2 with Singstar and Guitar Hero 3 and an extra guitar (see my RAD guitar above). And now its confirmed, we are rockstars.