A Year Ago Today...

January 25, 2007 Dave asked me to marry him. We like to re-live that night purely for humor sake. In a nut shell, the highlights included: Dave running over a cat, Dave dropping the ring in the snow, and Dave falling on his face twice. We have recorded it in great detail, but wanted to share it with everyone through pictures (we excluded getting a picture of the dead cat!).

Dave took me Ottavio's in Provo. We enjoyed a lovely dinner where Dave hardly ate any of his food and he kept staring at the accordion player.

He wanted to show me a couple of places before we headed back to his house to relax for the night. On the way to the first place he ran over the cat. We drove around the block to go back and see if it was okay. But it had disappeared! Oops.

After going to the places he finally popped the question. He got down on one knee and opened the ring box...upside down. The ring fell into the snow.


We finally found the ring...I said yes. We got in the car to go see our parents and found the car stuck. Parked on ice, the car didn't want to go anywhere. I got in the driver's seat and Dave got out to push. He began pushing and...down he went. Not once but twice!

It was a wonderful night. I am can't imagine what my life would be like without him.
Life is beautiful.

Looks Easy Enough, Doesn't It?

Two people getting off a ski lift. Ya' lift your skis a little, gently place the skis on the ground, give a little push off the chair, and stand. That's easy for you to say. Dave and I went skiing at Sundance on Friday. I haven't been skiing in years and years and I have never been to Sundance. So we're going up the first lift of the day and headed to the "Back Mountain." I got off one lift successfully, and then you get right on to the next. All was fine and dandy. As Dave and I approached the top of the mountain we got our ski poles already and prepped ourselves to get off. Then...I blinked. That's the only explanation that I have! Dave was there one second then he was gone and I was headed down the mountain! I got to ride the ski lift down the mountain and look, wave, and say hi to all those going up the mountain. Daves brother and sister, Danny and Alicia, were headed up and I gave them a little hollar. Alicia called me an idiot. I understand.

If you have ever been on the lift that takes you to the "Back Mountain" you may know what I am talking about. The, for lack of a better word, "exit ramp" drops off really quickly. So in my moment of blinking I literally had missed my opportunitiy and would have had to jump 4 feet or so. The guy in the booth who should have stopped the lift was sleeping...not literally, but he was looking down at his hands and not paying attention. Dave had to yell at him 4 times, waving his hands for the guy to finally look up. Dave told the guy that he was sleeping and the ski lift controller man said, "Well, that line should have caught her skis and stopped it." Dave said, "no you were the one that should have stopped it." So the last picture poses the question, what DOES a ski lift mechanic do?


It was possibly the best way to start out our day. I laughed pretty hard on the way down. I was, however, a little nervous to get off the next time around--but I did it! One of our favorite past times as we waited for family was to watch all the other people fall as they "exited" the ski lift. The rest of the day was a blast. A perfect way to end our two week break.

It's Time

You know it is time to start a blog when you are living your life normally and think of a blog entry because of something that has happened. Well, it's happened. And not just once but multiple times. Family and friends...It's time.

What if we had started a blog a year ago? Here are some posts that you would have seen!

Dave and I had our first date Nov. '07

We were engaged January 25th

And married April 11

Timpanogos Caves was one of our many summer adventures

Fun Fall

New York with my Timpview Dance Company

And "classics" throughout the year