Mat and Breezy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!

2010-12-15T07:21:00.001-08:00

I have the best husband in the WORLD!!!

Oh Thanksgiving!

2010-11-28T21:17:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was as awesome as always. It doesn't get much better than Uncle Steve's cooking. Everything was overly delicious and perfect! Plus it's like the only day we get to eat on china... that's right, we're fancy. Well.. Jan is fancy. We had the usual crowd this year plus a few extras. We all got booked like 2 years in advance which was awesome since it's been a while that we've all been together for Thanksgiving. It takes me back to the old days. We also got to share the day with Kristi's family, which always makes for a good time. It's about time Dawn and I get some competition for "Just Dance" again... It's really starting to get boring blowing everyone out of the water. Dawn and I stepped it up this year... took "Just Dance" to a whole new level. (In our appearance of course, not our skills). Okay in all seriousness... I think I only beat John once ever and let's be honest, NO ONE will ever beat Morgan. As scary as that sounds, it's the truth.

Jan, Britt, Dawn and I finished the night out with some Black Friday shopping. It was chaotically fun. I bought two things that were the same price as they are every day. Haha. I didn't last long.. too many lines and people and chaos. But it was fun!

I guess I sort of feel like I should list a few things that I am thankful for... Obviously, I am thankful for my best friend and the greatest husband in the world. He is perfect for me in every way and so good to me. I am also thankful for family and "extended family" and the chance we have to be around each other all the time. I couldn't ask for better company in anything we do. I am also at this time quite thankful for my "new" job. I'm lucky to have a job that I love.

Any day that involves gathering with family at the Davis' is among my favorite days of the year! Laughing with (and at) everyone, telling stories, chasing kids around, dancing, and all kinds of other crazy things! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I hope yours was as good as mine!

Here are a million and a half pictures...

The man....

Bartender Britt... Servin' up the mixed drinks

Mom and Mat "ricing" the potatoes... It takes a physically fit and muscular man. Naturally we turned to my husband.

....and the rest of us just hangin' out!
And last but not least....... The 80's Dancing Queens. Enough said.

Cooling off after workin' it... and it was definitely work.

Happy Birthday Dad!

2010-11-21T21:12:00.000-08:00

Monday is Dad's birthday so we all decided to get together and party tonight... It was a lot of fun. We don't all get to get together with Dad too much, so when we do it always makes for a good time. I made Dad's favs...Potato soup and German Chocolate cake. We just hung out and laughed as always. Ainslie got to blow out candles as usual, then we played the game Cranium with her, which was interesting.... and fun. Here are some fun pictures...

Evie was totally diggin' the cake.... as you can see. It was a fun night with family as always. We sure love Dad and couldn't live without him! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

I GOT MY JOB!!!

2010-11-05T16:46:00.000-07:00

So... today I worked my last day as a part-time employee!! I finally got hired on full time in the Athletic Department at UVU! I am so excited! I LOVE my job so much, and to actually get paid decent and get benefits and all that is just the icing on the cake! It's going to be a crazy next couple of months, but I am ready to take it on with a big smile! I feel lucky to have a job that I love so much! The people, the atmosphere, the work, everything is fantastic! Mat will get free tuition and we wont have to pay a bazillion dollars in insurance anymore!

SURPRISE!

2010-11-02T19:49:00.000-07:00

Mat surprised me yesterday and took me to see my FAVORITE band...or favorite guy, TYRONE WELLS. This was my fifth time seeing him in concert... and I could see him a million more times and have just as much fun! This guy is amazingly talented.

He played at Velour in Provo which is by far one of my favorite venues. I think I spent my entire first three years of college there... It was fun to relive those days a little bit with Mat! We had a ton of fun, bought a couple of new CD's, and may have unburied my music-loving inner soul... There is a good possibility that we will be frequenting the concert scene a bit more these days!

The World's Longest Blog Post!

2010-10-24T21:02:00.000-07:00

Last night I was somewhat inspired by my best friend Cami to update my blog... It's only been like four months since my last catch up, but I suppose I can go through it again. Ha.

So we'll start with the most recent... Prepare for the longest blog post in the history of blogging.

Last night we went over to Cami and Marc's and carved pumpkins. I can honestly say that it has been at LEAST 6 years since I have carved a pumpkin. Probably more... and I'm sure you can all imagine how long its been for Mat. Haha. We had so much fun though! We carved all kinds of crazy things...

Here are some pictures of the work behind the pumpkin beauty....

We also made pumpkin seeds which was a first for me... They actually turned out delicious thanks to Cami and I being the domestic gals we are. Maybe if I was the one to separate all the seeds out from the pumpkin mash I would have though differently, but I left that job for Mat and Cami...
After all that we ate some delicious apple crisp and ice cream and then played the game Settlers of Catan. If you haven't ever played it, you really should. It's quite fun in a laid back sort of way. We also played a game of slap... Mat's the reigning champion and has yet to be dethroned. Cami and I think it's because of his big ol' hands. Anyway... The night was a ton of fun! Pumpkin guts, delicious seeds that came from the guts, apple crisp, and fun games!

We have also been enjoying the rainy weather a bit... We took a trip up the canyon and gazed at all the beautiful colors, we got free car washes, we didn't have to water the lawn, and last but not least it ruined our plans of spending all day Saturday weeding... shoot. The dog's have been loving the rain as well. Here are some pictures of our little dirt balls....

Josh is getting old. We had ANOTHER birthday party for him... He's almost 30. Okay he just barely turned 29, I guess I could wait a bit before throwing out the "almost 30" card. Haha.

This was also the night that I came to the realization that we are ALL getting old. Our family functions are no longer grab a pizza and hang out and visit all night at Josh and Janae's. Now we ALL have houses to hang out at, and this is what we do instead...

Haha... Mat looks so happy. Maybe that's why we don't have kids yet. Kidding... Mat usually is the one playing with all the kids while everyone else sits and talks. Let's be honest... with 8 billion nieces and nephews, he's probably had the most experience.

Mat and I finally bought a tent and went camping! It was a short trip due to a late start and strange illness... but we had fun just hanging out and exploring instead of reading and doing homework. (Yes, as long as your spouse is in school, there is homework going on at all times...even if its not yours). Our tent is awesome... It sleeps about a million people. We could set up like a whole apartment in it.

The dogs were so funny... They slept outside and stood guard all night. I don't think they got a wink of sleep because in the morning when we got up and we're making breakfast, they both crashed out.

When we headed out we stopped and this little beach-like reservoir and played in the water for a bit... the dogs had more fun than we did though because it was windy and cold.

The wind blew this chair over and shortly after Sage was all over it and sniffing all around it.. then all the sudden she like dove under the chair and was trying to get to something but she couldn't quite reach it. Mat and I just sat there and laughed.. it was so funny. Turns out there were some fish bones under there. She finally got to them and Mat promptly took them away. All that hard work for nothing.

One Sunday in August we went up to Mueller Park in Bountifulish area... We had a lot of fun roasting GIANT marshmallows and eating tinfoil dinners. Mat and I also had a great time playing "Poo Sticks" with Ainslie... When we got the invite from her, we weren't so sure. But Janae informed us that we would be playing "POOH sticks" as in.... Winnie the Pooh. Apparently Pooh throws sticks in the river and watches them float down... who knew?

The best part for sure was the mallows.. and the good company of course. I think Ainslie worked on one marshmallow all evening, or maybe it worked on her... The rest of us enjoyed a few.

Others of us weren't as lucky and got stuck with watermelon rhines and water....

We had a sweet fiesta birthday party for Uncle Steve... I promised Ainslie we would have a pin-ya-tah (as she calls it) at our next get together, so we turned the whole thing into a fiesta. We ate tacos and enchiladas and chips and salsa and all that good stuff... But the real fun came with the pin-ya-tah. Davis, Blair and Ainslie LOVED it! (for the most part). Here are some fun pictures of hanging out and whacking the practically indestructible pin-ya-tah ...

Pin-ya-tah action.....

The Loot....

The Birthday Boy....

Party people.....

I couldn't help posting these last two...

Davis got stuck like this while playing on the swing. Poor little guy. We were all sitting there talking and all the sudden we hear this faint whimpering voice yelling, "Mooooooooooooomm". Totally felt bad for him, but it was the funniest thing!!

Mom kept trying to get a cute picture of she and Evelyn, but Evelyn wasn't having it. She kept making this face every time Mom put the camera in front of her. We have like six pictures with this face. So funny.

Somewhere in between all this fun..... Mat started school again. He has a pretty rough schedule this semester so that next semester he can have it a little easier during Track season. At least the end is in sight now though... not too long until he is right where I am. Or in Grad school... haha.

We are happy as can be lately... livin' the dream.

I'm a Terrible blogger... Speed Update!

2010-07-14T07:55:00.000-07:00

So now that I'm more than two months behind, I'm going to do a speed update....

The last thing this Blog knew is that Mat was going to Conference with the Track team. Well, not only did he go, but he took SECOND! AND beat his personal best yet again. What a stud! With his second place finish he scored 8 points for his team and contributed to their overall team victory. Both the Men's team and the Women's team won the overall meet! It was an awesome accomplishment for UVU and for Mat. He is very excited and motivated to do even better next season!

We had our 1 Year Anniversary! Crazy to think that it's already been a year. Since we're going on a trip in August, we decided just to hang around and do some fun things here. We went to breakfast in the morning, then went and got massages, then went to a movie at Jordan Commons.................then got food poisoning and spent the rest of the night puking at my Mom's house. Well at least I did. Mat's body must be more manly and resistant than mine. We ate the same exact things all day. It was totally crazy and miserable, but I came out alive. HAPPY ONE YEAR! It's been an amazing first year of marriage together! Here's a picture I took at some point of the night.. before the poisoning obviously, as you can tell by the smile on my face...

We went on a conoe adventure one random day... Mat found a guy who rents them for 20 bucks a day. So we threw the dogs in and headed out for a day of fun. We were unsuccessful in the fish department, but had a good time anyway...

We decided to hit the Lehi Round-Up Rodeo this year! It was just as great as always. Good hamburgers, good company, and good entertainment. There is something about a rodeo that brings back the joys of my childhood.

We "celebrated" a funeral (over the hill birthday party) for Mat's older brother Roger. He turned 40 and his cute wife, Amber, threw him such a loving pretend funeral. It was hilarious really. We all wore black, Amber gave a eulogy, and all the kids got up and shared memories and things they loved about their Dad. It was a lot of fun and something we'll laugh about for a while. She had this giant picture of him displayed too... the best part is that everyone was laughing about when this picture was taken... we all thought it was 20 years ago. But it was less that a year. He was 39... We had a fun little birthday party for Mom complete with a full Thanksgiving dinner made by Janae. Mom said she like "Thanksgivingish type food" and Janae went all out. We did presents and had pie and chatted and had a good time. We sure love mom and are happy she is such a big part of our lives! And so is Ainslie... because it's one more opportunity for her to open someone elses presents. :)

Dayton is already beating on his cousin...

...and then trying to act innocent

The 4th of July party was just as fun as always! We had a delicious BBQ courtesy of Steve and Jan and enjoyed the additional company of Kristi (Morgan's fiance) and some of her family. We of course played some intense rounds of "Just Dance" on the Wii and finished the night out with the usual Thanksgiving Point fireworks in some unusually cold and windy weather. But at least this year we avoided the sprinkler grab and race...

On the 5th we had a fun bridal shower for Kristi. Jan and Britt went above and beyond and totally outdid themselves.. and most others for that matter. The decorations and goodies were crazy and we had tons of family and friends show up! It made for a great time and Kristi and Morg got some good loot. While all the girls were showering Kristi, the boys headed off to a Bee's game. They had hot dogs and ice cream and enjoyed themselves just as much as we all did. After all the fun was had, we decided to extend the fun a couple more hours and stay up all night watching The Bachelorette that Jan recorded. It was so much fun... A bunch of girls together to trash talk and swoon over all the guys. haha.

Mat's been like a crazy Einstein this summer. He's taking two of the hardest classes and cruising through them. He finished up Calculus a few weeks ago and is now tackling Statistics. He is so naturally intelligent that it drives me crazy. I struggled and studied my butt off through both of those classes and he's pulling test scores in the 90's with minimal study time. Oh well.. I'm glad he's doing well and busting through it all. We all know thats not an easy thing. Especially at his old age. :)

Mat, Steve, and Spence have a new hobby.....carp. You know, the sick, nasty, slime sucking, sucker fish that most people just feed popcorn to. The three guys found new interest and a new hobby in them. The hobby began with a pole and some bait... then they added a boat... then they added some spears... then they added a bow and got some success. It's totally disgusting but they have a good time. I think it's more like a challenge for them.. they must out smart and conquer the carp. Way to reach for the stars boys. Just kidding. I'm glad they are having some fun. I know Mat sure is.

Our niece Erica got married this past weekend. We had Daley's come from far and wide to be here for it. All but one brother were able to make it. It was so great. I got to meet a brother and sister-in-law for the first time finally and met some nieces and nephews as well. It's weird having family that didn't really exist to me for like a whole year. Now I only have one brother to meet and I will have met them all. It's so much fun having everyone get together. It's enough fun just to watch the ten brothers all interact and laugh and beat on each other. Not to mention the forty some odd nieces and nephews running around everywhere and trying to pick fights with "Uncle Mathew". I couldn't ask for better sister-in-laws either... this week was so fun to sit and talk and get to know all of them even better. I love how different the Chandler and Daley family functions are. It makes for a good variety of life. :) I'm even more excited for all the Daley's to come back into town in a few weeks for Mom and Dad's 50th anniversary!

I think that pretty much catches everyone up on life to this point... we have some more exciting adventures coming up before the end of the summer and I will try to stay caught up from here on out... because I know everyone is dying to know exactly what is going on in the life of Mat and Breezy.

Mat's Going to Conference!

2010-05-07T10:21:00.001-07:00

We just found out yesterday that Mat for sure is going to the Great West Conference Championships for Outdoor Track! We are so excited!! He is sitting 3rd in the conference right now for Javelin and is feeling good and healthy and motivated! He is going to do really well..

His coach told him the other day that all the coaches in the conference keep saying.. "Who the heck is this Daley kid that keeps moving up every meet??" Haha... Funny that they call him a kid, and awesome that they are watching him! Mat has beaten his own record every meet this season and is hoping to do the same at conference... They take the top 48 marks to Regionals and Mat is pretty close to that... He'll have to throw right around 202 ft. to make it.

I am so excited for Mat, but at the same time totally bummed... I have tried to figure out every way to get out to South Dakota to watch him at Conference, but I can't seem to find a way to make it work. Plus, I'm not too excited about being husbandless for 5 days... Oh well, it will still be fun to get his call and hear how he does! He leaves this Wednesday and will compete on Friday and Saturday... GOOD LUCK MAT!

I GRADUATED!!

2010-05-01T09:50:00.000-07:00

So I did it... I finally graduated. It was a great day!...an early day, but a great one.

Dad, Raven and Jess all drove up from St. George... Josh drove down from North Salt Lake... and Mom from Sandy... All for a 8AM convocation. That is true family love right there. My dad and I were even up, ready to go, and taking pictures at 7! Way to early... We took a few pictures around my office before and then the snow held out for enough time to take a few outside after. We all froze our butts off, but still got some good ones.

After the convocation we went to IHOP for breakfast since it was only 10... We thought that no one else would go there, and we were wrong... We waited forever for our food. But Mat ended up getting a few free ice creams for it. To Mat, ice cream is great at all hours of the day! Poor Josh had to leave right after breakfast to another ceremony for his brother Michael... Hence the reason Janae and the girls didn't come down. Two little ones and six hours of graduations doesn't really work very well.

When we came home from breakfast I had quite the surprise.. Mat had decorated the WHOLE house with a couple big signs that said "Congrats Grad" and balloons everywhere and little graduation cap streamer thingys hanging from the ceiling all over the place! I LOVED it! Especially because it was something that was a total surprise! Mat is so great at doing things like that.. even if they are simple things like decorating the house because he knows I would love it. He drove around like a mad man all morning trying to get all his surprises done for me... He got me a really pretty lei that he gave to me as I walked across the stage, and even got me a graduation tackle box! haha. There is this tackle box at Cabela's that I have been wanting forever to use for scrapbook stuff. It's HUGE! And since all my homework time is now going to be scrapbook time, I needed a tackle box for sure.

Mat is so great! He made my graduation day so special and did everything in his power to make it the best day and the happiest day possible for me! And so did the rest of my family! Thank you everyone who came and made it such a great day! I love you all!

Here are a bunch pictures courtesy of Mat and Dad...

DECORATIONS! (and a crooked hat..)

I am DONE!!!

2010-04-27T17:50:00.000-07:00

I just finished my last final EVER!! What a glorious feeling! I don't think it's really sunk in yet, but I'm sure over the next few weeks as I begin to realize the impact of having no homework in my life, I will feel even better. I am done with school. (at least for now). Go me.

Holy Smokes...

2010-04-21T07:59:00.000-07:00

Let's talk about how I am only 9 days and one final away from graduating. I can't believe it's really happening. That's all I have to say.

Easter!

2010-04-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

For Easter we got together with the Daley family! There was a good number of us here for the weekend... Mom and Dad and six brothers and their families! It was so much fun! We had a big feast and sat and visited the rest of the night... I remembered my camera this time. So here are a few pictures... I tried to get some of everyone but of course failed. So sorry to everyone who I missed.
And some cute nieces and nephews!....

Fun Family Weekend!

2010-03-29T07:26:00.000-07:00

We had a great weekend full of family! Saturday night my Dad and the family came up for a little weekend getaway and we all went to dinner! I can't remember the last time we were all together with Dad's family. It was so much fun! After dinner we all went over to Josh and Janae's and hung out for a few hours. We had cake and ice cream and celebrated no ones birthday...haha. We played with babies and cute little girls and took a million pictures! Here are a few....

The Girls!

Jess and Dayton!Seth and Ainslie!Grandma and Grandpa!

Sunday was a great day with the Daley family! Our niece, Stacia, had a birthday last week so we all got together and celebrated on Sunday. We played a couple of heated games of boys against girls.. a couple rounds of mad gab and a couple of Catch Phrase... I'm pretty sure the girls came out on top after both games, but i'm not entirely sure what the final argued verdict was after the competitive rule changes and judgement calls. Haha. I love the Daley competitiveness... It always makes things interesting and always makes for a good time. No pictures of this party.. I was a bum and forgot my camera.

We sure love family... and birthdays... and babies... and weekends. Can't wait when we get to have more of them during the summer.

I Have Dang Cute Nieces!

2010-03-10T18:54:00.000-08:00

This is just a picture that I thought was cute of me and the girls...

Love them so much! I like playing auntie! Thanks Josh and Janae! :)

A small glimmer of glee....

2010-03-09T12:29:00.001-08:00

I just bought my graduation cap and gown today... One more thing to keep me going for the last few weeks of school! What a glorious day April 30, 2010 will be!

He's Ranked!

2010-03-08T11:10:00.000-08:00

Mat is ranked in the top 25 in the country for Javelin so far! He's currently sitting at 22! Way to go Mat!

Mat's First Track Meet!

2010-03-08T11:09:00.000-08:00

So Mat had his first Track meet this weekend at UNLV! Mom and I drove down for the weekend and had a blast and the meet was overall a big success! It was BEAUTIFUL weather until about 5:00 when it got pretty windy and freezing... but mom and I got a nice tan (or burn) in the earlier hours of the day. Mat's sister Samantha (who lives in Vegas) came and hung out with us all day too! It was really fun to have her there and spend some time with her.

His team drove down Friday morning and had practice that evening at the field. On one of his throws he threw kind of side armed and messed up his bicep. They had the trainers workin on him that night and the next day, but it was still killing him when it came time to throw on Saturday. So they wrapped him up as best they could and sent him out to throw. He ended up placing 7th and making the finals. However, between Mat, the coaches, and the trainer, the decision was made for him to just scratch for the finals since he was hurting so bad and since he still had discus to throw. So he still scored for the team and did really well despite his hurting bicep.

As all track meets seem to, the meet got a bit behind. He threw Javelin about 2 hours later than scheduled and by the time discus came around they were about 3 hours behind and it was pretty dark. Since UNLV's track is slightly... um, ghetto... they had no lights and were considering canceling the discus event. After a bit they decided that instead of canceling, they were going to give each athlete 1 warm up throw and 1 competition throw and cancel the finals. So they only got 1 throw instead of the usual 3, and no finals. Kind of crazy, but Mat ended up doing really well and placed 7th in discuss too! Lucky number seven I guess. So he made both finals but didn't get to throw in either of them.

We all had a lot of fun and felt good about how he did. Coaches were pleased and it felt good for Mat to get his first meet under his belt. After all, it has been 15 years since his last track meet, so its good to have the first one over with. He will only get better!! Their next meet is the first weekend in April at BYU!

Happy Birthday Mat!

2010-02-11T21:34:00.000-08:00

Okay so I have another blog that is just a journal blog. I update that one all the time and then for some reason think that I updated this one too. So I of course did not blog about my husbands birthday yet... He did have a birthday though, and it was a good one.

On his actual birthday we went out with Mat's brother Roger and his wife Amber. We had a lot of fun! Then on Sunday we had everyone over for cake and ice cream. We haven't had everyone over to our house since we've been married. It was hilarious. I'm used to doing things at Davis' where there are a few of us adults and then two cute little twins running around. Mat's birthday was a little different. Instead of only two twins, we had our own two twins (Jacob & Hannah), plus about 15 other kids, and their parents, and even a couple niece's boyfriends. And that was only three of Mat's brothers! Haha... I love it. Having a big family has been such a new experience for me and so dang fun! We love all of our nieces and nephews and brothers and sisters! The Daley's are such a great family and I feel lucky to be a new addition to them!

I'd Also like to put in a special shout out to the Chandler/Davis side of the family... Thanks Mom and Morgan for coming to celebrate with us! We know you were out numbered, but it was so great to have you there!

Thanks, Mat, for bringing me into your wonderful family and for being the best husband and my best friend. I already wrote all the mushy stuff in our other blog so I won't publicize it all over here. But I love you and want you to know you make me the happiest woman in the world! Happy Birthday!

Here are a few of the pictures...

Mat and I out on the town with...

Roger and Amber!

Mat and I eatin' some cake and ice cream...

Becca, Hannah, Tamela, and Jacob!
Lincoln, William, Maxson, and Gwen!
Charlotte and Berklee!
Mom and Morgan!
Cheree and Gwen!
Maia and Amber!
Rog, Little Mathew (tryin to be big), and Mat!

That's not quite everyone, but I think most of them... Notice how everyone is sitting on the floor or standing. Maybe one day we will have a big enough house with enough places for people to sit!!

Finals, Birthdays & Christmas Parties!

2009-12-21T08:18:00.000-08:00

What a busy week! Mat and I had a brutal week of finals this past week! I had five and he had three. The craziness was partly my fault, I sweet talked a professor into letting me take a final early so that I didn't have any on my birthday, but that meant I had to take all five in three days. But it sure made for a good birthday full of doing nothing!

(as you can see in the picture... I clearly have not showered)

Mat got me an electronic dart board for my birthday! That may sound funny to you guys, but I actually told him thats what I wanted... and he listened! The thing is sweet! It has 28 different games you can play, and keeps score and even trash talks you... it's really really fun for us.

He also got me a keyless.. remote.. car starter thing. That made me sound dumb, but I don't know what they are really called. All I know is that I can start my car from inside my house this winter and if that doesn't bring every girl joy, I don't know what does.

The other gift he MADE for me... He went out and bought a black picture frame, roughed it up a bit and made it look antiqueish, then put solar screen in it... and wah lah! An earring holder! All three were perfect gifts! He does a good job...

The day was so great... Slept in late... opened presents... played darts for a few hours... went to dinner... watched a movie and went to bed. It was exactly what we both needed after a week of finals. Friday we had our department White Elephant party, which is always a good time. Our athletic department is full of fun and very funny people, so anytime we all get together its always fun, but especially when weird gifts are involved.

Saturday we spent cleaning.. yes, pretty much the entire day. We still weren't totally unpacked from moving and had stuff spread out everywhere. We moved in a couple days before the semester started and haven't had one second to get all situated. BUT... we are now (kinda).

It sure was nice to have a clean house for our family C hristmas party that we had last night. Everyone came over to our house for a big dinner and presents! We did a new thing this year that was really fun, mom bought six "As seen on TV" gifts and we played the right left game. Mom read a story that said the words right and left about a billion times and you have to pass it that way each time. It may sound a little juvenile, but we laughed our heads off.

The most entertaining part of the night, however, was Ainslie. She was so adorable the whole night! She was tickled pink about all the presents "Grandma Sue" gave her.... and everything else from the white bunny she named "Rabbit" to frosting cookies (or just eating frosting...)

Recent.......Accomplishments?

2009-10-26T22:07:00.000-07:00

These past few weeks have been full of some new things for us... some big, some small. We'll call them accomplishments I guess...

First: I, Breezy, am learning to be a little housewife. Cooking and cleaning are becoming part of my daily routine... whether I like it or not. Small thing...feels like a big accomplishment. Baby steps, right?

Second: I have a smarty pants husband. Mat keeps getting all these things in the mail for his outstanding academic performance in school. He gets certificate after certificate and letter after letter... It's like they're rubbing it in my face. haha. Just kidding. I am VERY proud of Mat... He's been working way hard with work and school and is "excelling" in both. I even make him take hard upper division classes with me so I can do better... Selfish or Smart? Either way, its fun and also very beneficial for studying.

Third: This morning I registered for classes for the last time ever... (until grad school of course). But I get a weird satisfaction from discovering new "lasts" on a daily basis. They are starting to come more regularly... Its a nice push to help me make it through my last two semesters.

Fourth: This may sound dumb to a few of you, but as you all know, when I married Mat I got a package deal complete with one gentleman and two dogs. Now, it is very likely that these two dogs are the most obedient you have ever known... Mat has done an amazing job training them. But that's the thing... Since I entered the picture, I've had to work pretty hard to earn the respect from them like they give Mat. I believe I have recently reached that level. Those two hounds know I mean business and listen to me (almost) as well as they obey and listen to Mat. Probably sounds dumb... but to me its a very convenient accomplishment.

At last but not least, the big news of the year..... Mat is now an official member of the UVU Men's Volleyball team. Yes, that is correct...volleyball. How much experience does he have in volleyball you ask?? None. Never has he ever played volleyball in his life, and yet he randomly decides to try out... and makes it! Turns out his height and natural athleticism is a nice bonus to the team. The Men's Volleyball team is still just a club sport at UVU, but they are ranked nationally. UVU is very well known for their men's team. Its actually really cool. We're pretty excited for the season to start in a couple weeks and watch the success of the team.

So thats the exciting news for us... everyone else is having babies, but we're getting good grades, teaching dogs, learning to be a wife, and...playing volleyball I guess.

Real Salt Lake Game!

2009-10-15T09:54:00.000-07:00

Last night was UVU night at the Real Salt Lake game so Mat and I went with one of my co-workers and her husband! It was so much fun! I've been to one game before, but it was when they still played and the U. The (sort of) new Rio Tinto stadium is quite the place. There really isn't a bad seat in the whole place. We all bundled up and prepared for a downpour, but other than being a little chilly the night was perfect!

I guess Real Salt Lake is not having their best season ever, but they managed to pull this one off! They beat the New York Red Bulls 2-0 (a team they've never beaten). It was a pretty exciting ending with a goal scored in in about the 80th minute, and then again at about the 90th! Our seats were perfect. We got to see both goals scored right in front of us.

I don't know how much longer the team will last in the play-offs, but if you get a chance you all should check out a game! It was way fun!

Scrapbooking at Last!

2009-10-12T09:46:00.000-07:00

For the longest time I've been longing to scrapbook but have been way too busy with school and everything else. BUT... this past weekend, after taking a test in every single class, I had a weekend of no homework and decided to get some quality scrapbooking done.

It wasn't my first choice, but I actually decided to just get all of our wedding cards in a book. It took several pages, but I got them all done. I think next I'm going to tackle the entire wedding... but that probably wont be happening til the summer time!

I'm becoming a real blogger...

2009-10-09T14:45:00.001-07:00

A lady that I work with gave me a blogging lesson today! I learned how to be all cutesy. Its a big step for me.

Mat's New Toy!

2009-09-22T19:43:00.000-07:00

So... Mat has a new toy. He loves it dearly.
It's a Tikka .243 Riffle

I made him pose for me....

Wolverines Knocks Off No. 17 Utah!

2009-09-05T12:53:00.000-07:00

Okay I know this isn't directly related to Mat and I, but it really is. We both are currently working in the Athletic Department at UVU and are die hard fans of all the sports...especially volleyball. It's probably our favorite to watch! The game last night was nuts! University of Utah is/was ranked 17th in the nation and was expected to rise over the course of the season. They walked in thinking that UVU was going to hand them their victory... But not so!! Our girls came out and rocked them in 4 sets.

This was probably one of the biggest wins in the schools history. HUGE upset! It was so much fun to watch and so much fun to be a part of. If any of you guys are at all interested in athletics, you really should come out to some of the games. These girls are way fun to watch!

Jackson Browne!!

2009-08-26T10:02:00.001-07:00

As many of you know... I have a list of 100 things to do before I die. And as some of you may not know... at the top of that list are two things that I have longed to do for quite some time. The first one was to see James Taylor live. That was accomplished last summer... Mat and I got to go with some of our friends to see him at USANA. Way good! A night I will never forget.

The other on the list was to see Jackson Browne in concert... and we fulfilled that last night! It was everything I'd hoped it would be! He did NOT play my favorite song... but it was still great! Good food... Good company... Good music... and funny drunk people dancing. Doesn't get any better than that. Plus I have a cute husband who will dance with me.

WE'RE MOVING!!!

2009-08-07T17:32:00.000-07:00

I know.... crazy. We are moving again! But we are so excited! The house is in Orem, just a couple blocks from UVU! It's going to be so nice...

Its an older house but its pretty cute and really nice on the inside. It has grass and a landscapedish yard. There is a big shed in the back and a place for a garden as well. The best part about it is that they are totally cool about letting us have our dogs! (Most houses who agree to dogs are total junkers... so this was a big surprise)

This house really is an answer to all the problems we were having in Payson... The Payson house is a great little house, but there were some things that we didn't love. Lucky for us we only signed a 4 months contract so here we are exactly 4 months later. Haha.

We get to move in as soon as the 15th! It's perfect timing really... Right in between semesters so we will have a lot more time, and hopefully be able to get settled in before fall semester starts. Hopefully more people will come to visit now that we live within reachable boundaries.

Things are going well for us lately. We are happy (and mostly healthy) and loving being married! School hasn't been too hard on us this summer and we have had some fun times with family and friends!

HONEYMOON!

2009-08-04T16:54:00.001-07:00

We had a way fun honeymoon! Mat and I went on a cruise to Canada that was so much fun! The cruise left from Long Beach and went up the coast stopping in Astoria, Oregon... Victoria, British Columbia... and Vancouver, British Columbia.

A couple days after the wedding we drove to California and stayed with Mat's brother and family in Costa Mesa. This was my first time meeting them, and we had a great time! They were also nice enough to let us crash there, take us to the port the next morning, and pick us up at the end of the week. Family is great! And having a new BIG one has been a lot of fun!

Here are A LOT of pictures from our adventure!...

Here we are boarding the ship... The Carnival Splendor!

This is our Cabin. It was actually pretty nice. The comforter and pillows were amazing. We almost bought them on the way off the ship! The only problem of course if that its actually two twin beds pushed together. So snuggling...and such...haha.. had to be on the side.

This was our emergency drill... It felt like an eternity. And we got packed in tight... with smelly people speaking too many different languages. We figured that everyone was saying how smelly everyone else was... in like 10 languages. Fortunately, this training was completely unnecessary.

The first of many trips to the hot tubs! We only got in the pool once.. for about 30 seconds. The weather wasn't cold, but not overly warm enough to go swimming. But We loved the hot ubs and laying out on the decks.

Laying out. About 1 minute after this picture we stood up and looked out into the ocean and saw a whale! I'm totally one of those people who thinks that "whale watching" is a ridiculous waste of money.. but I have to admit that I got pretty excited when I saw the whale.

This was our first stop, Astoria! It was beautiful. We were only here for about four hours so all we did was go on a little river walk... which was actually an ocean walk.. but it was was a lot of fun. We even saw a seal/sea lion..not sure what the difference is.

We also went into town... It was a neat little ocean side small town, that smelled like fish. It also had lots of cute houses...on buttes... which I have learned are everywhere in Oregon. Everyone lives on ______ Butte. haha. We found a cool art shop... with a cool dog. It was fun.

Later that night we went out on the deck and watched a movie on the jumbo screen. It was like a little drive in movie... but on a pool chair.. on a ship... in the middle of the ocean. It was really fun for us since the movie they played was "Hancock" which is the movie we saw on our first date. I know, I know.. Awwwww. But we liked it. And I even stayed awake!

The next day we visited Victoria, British Columbia! We had to go through customs and everything and be stripped searched. Not really, but we did stop to get a picture in front of this cool picture on the wall.

We had a lot of fun in Victoria. We just kind of wandered around all day doing whatever we wanted. It was definitely a lot more touristy. They had lots of shops full of "Canada" stuff, and lots of museums and cool buildings. Also, lots of people bugging you to pay for carriage rides, or bike rides, or boat rides, or trolley rides. We opted for the city bus.. it was free.

This was a way cool restaurant and hotel. We didn't go in, but I really thought it was neat looking. It had these weird dinosaur looking trees... you can kind of see a little bit of one in the front. It also had some trees with red bark. It was cool.

This building is an old parliament building. We went on a tour of it and it was pretty interesting. I look pissed, but apparently i just have a hard time posing alone.

This "statue" was one of my favorite surprises of the trip. The surprise...not a statue at all. A gal painted all statue-like. When people would walk past she would move.. but like a robot kind of. I don't know how to explain it, but it was rad. We put some money in the can and she reached out like she wanted to shake my hand, but I was too freaked out.

After all the adventure, we stopped at the mall for some food. You would not believe the excitement from Mat when he saw that one of the places had something called "Poutine". Translation.... Fries with gravy on top. Pretty much just sounded like mashed potatoes to me, but he got them and loved them... They weren't bad. He had spent some time in Canada before and really got to like poutine while he was there.

Last stop... Vancouver. We both kind of had mized feelings about Vancouver. Pretty much, it is a huge city that i guess kind of resembles New York. It has big sky scraper buildings and busy streets and lot and lots of people. Another thing it had a lot of.... Smoke. And not just car exhaust kind of smoke, it was cigarette smoke. Coming from everyone and everywhere. It was disgusting. Really. The whole city just kind of felt dirty to us.

Long story short... we took matters into our own hands. We found a place and bought tickets for the "Sea Bus" to take us across to a place where we could catch just a regular city bus.

This picture is on the Sea Bus... You can Kind of see the big city, but this is only like a third of it. And you can see our ship. It was a little nerve racking to be going so far away on our own without some "tour" thing that we knoew was going to get us back to the right place at the right time.

We caught the city bus and headed to a place called Capilano. In Capilano there is a little foresty type adventure park thing... which is home to the famous Capilano Suspension Bridge. This Bridge was nuts. The pictures does not even come close to doing it justice.

The bridge was about 400 feet long and was about a billion feet in the air. It was way cool! It was scary with a bunch of poeple on it at the same time, especially going opposite ways. It made it rock really bad. It was really cool though.

We spent pretty much the whole day in the park. They had lots of other cool adventure type things to do. When all fun was had we went to the shop and bought some fudge and played checkers while we waited for the bus to take us back. This checker board was cool... plus there was a live band playing folk music while we were waiting too! And we both had rocking chairs. Wasn't too bad of a wait.

That night we just kind of bummed around the ship. This was one of the spots we liked to sit and play cards. There was an extremely good duo that played music here ever night. Some asian gal with an amazing voice.

I look a little spiderish in this picture.. freakishly long arms.

The next day was way bad for me. I got so sick and threw up a couple times. Everytime I tried to leave the cabin I would just get nauseous. So we pretty much hung out and slept and watched movies all day. And ordered room service of course. Way nice... Except the only thing that even sounded remotely edible was a peanutbutter and jelly sandwich. Ahh...the luxuries of cruise cuisine.

I don't remember what days these were taken, but I do know that we spent A LOT of time here....

...and here! 24 hour sort serve ice cream bar. It was the best part of the whole ship! I'm embarrassed to say that we were there day and night! We definitely had our fair share. Probably got our money worth in ice cream alone!

Here we are waiting for Mat's brother Jeff to come pick us up. We look happy and smilely, but we weren't. We did not want to go back to reality after about two weeks of fun!

Basically we've decided that a honeymoon every year is the way to go... haha. Okay, maybe someday though. This was Mat's first cruise and only my second. We think after we become ridiculously wealthy we will be cruise regulars!

And even though this was two months ago... I feel like I am caught up on life and can write about everyday happenings now. So hopefully there will be some more regular posting.

Wedding!!!

2009-07-17T09:43:00.000-07:00

So........we are married. Finally. And we have almost two months to catch up on. I just got my pictures from our photographer so I can now update you all on that!

Believe me, never in my life would I have ever imagined I would say this... but the day was perfect. EVERYTHING was perfect. We would not have changed a thing. (Of course there are little things that would have been nice bonuses to the day,) but NOTHING to complain about!

We couldn't have asked for better weather.. a better bishop.. or better friends and family! It was fun to finally get our families together to meet for the first time, and of course fun to have them all there with us. It's not the easiest thing to get the Daley family together... but the majority were able to make it! We appreciate everyone who came from near and far!

Here are a few pictures from the perfect day....

The cake.....

The rings/flowers...
The Bride... The Groom...

The Maid of Honor...

The Best Man...
The Luncheon...
The Families...

The Siblings... (most of them anyway)

The Bubble Gum...
The Wind...

The First Dance...

The Departure...

The Happy Couple...

Being married is so much fun! We are so in love and couldn't be happier!

Honeymoon update coming shortly...

Two Days...and Counting.

2009-06-01T09:46:00.000-07:00

Yes, thats right... 2 days. Count them.... 1. 2. The day after tomorrow. So close.... And we are so dang excited we can hardly stand it!

We are excited for a number of reasons...

1. The first one of course is that we will be married....finally.

2. We can enjoy at least a week or two of having nothing to do but work.

3. Breezy's life will no longer revolve around bridal showers, hair appointments, nail appointments, flower appointments, cake appointments, every other kind of appointment you can think of, shopping, shopping, shopping, returning what we bought, shopping some more, driving to all lengths to find things such as shoes, pictures, and a tan, shopping yet a little more, and making 3000 decisions every single day.

4. Mat will get his girlfriend/fiance/wife back to her normal sweet and loving self.

5. We will finally have time to unpack our house instead of living between mounds of stuff.

6. We get to go on a CRUISE for our honeymoon!

7. We get to see a lot of family and friends all in one day!

8. We get the pure satisfaction and happiness that we won't ever have to plan a wedding again. (Or at least until our girls get married)

9. We each gain lots of great new family members! (Breezy gains a few more than Mat)
10. We get to start our new lives together!

Like I said before, we are so excited for this day to finally come! We hope to see everyone there! (I don't know who that statement was for since the three people who actually look at this blog are family and will of course be there) And we love those people!

Oh, and I'll post a couple of Bridal pictures too... They turned out pretty good I thought! I don't have the ones from Dad yet, but I will post some after the wedding!

Alright, so there are more than a few!.. Hope you like them!

Decisions, Decisions...

2009-04-28T15:13:00.000-07:00

Well, things are finally happening for us. Decisions are being made and we are moving on towards being ready for the big day! Here is a decision/question and answer update:

Question: Did Breezy get the job at UVU?
Answer: Negative. Blessing in disguise? Most likely.

Question: Which school is Mat going to throw for? Weber State University or Utah Valley University?
Answer: Neither. After a loooooong drawn out thought process, the decision was made that the scholarship money would not be worth all the time required and that the time could probably be better spent working and being with his loving wife and children (Sage and Gracie). Mat will most likely throw unattached at a few local meets, so if and when he blows everyone else out, I guess this very question will arise, yet again, this time next year.

Question/Clarification: Sage and Gracie?
Answer: No... Mat does not have children. Sage and Gracie are his dogs. Mat and I traveled up to Montana last weekend and brought the dogs back home! We love having them back... they are the sweetest, most well behaved dogs in the world i think.

Question: Where will we be living after we are married?
Answer: Payson. Yes, Payson. I know it's random, but we found a perfect little house that we really liked and so it is there we will reside for the next few years. I sold my apartment contract this month so I am now living in the house until we are married. It's great! The house feels enormous compared to my apartment, and it sits on almost half an acre. So lots of room and lots of yard work!

We are really excited about everything that is happening! We are even more excited about the fact that we only have 19 days until we become The Daley's! Wedding plans are working out great so far and hopefully will continue in that direction. Finals are over makes life a lot less stressful for the both of us. We get a month or so of freedom, just enough time to get married, and then its back to school we go for summer classes. BUT... we are still as happy as can be and keep feeling more and more ready to start this new chapter of our lives.

Hurry Up and Wait....

2009-03-30T19:49:00.000-07:00

I figured that a post about every six weeks would suffice, but apparently not. Ang is layin the smack down. :) Anyway... like the title says, "Hurry up and wait..." We seem to be doing a lot of this lately. Pretty much sums up the past few months.

Wedding plans are coming right along... and seem to keep coming and coming. Once you get one thing accomplished there are twelve more things next in line. But it is fun!!... just a lot of decisions. We've got some main one's accomplished however... Getting married at Wadley Farms in Lindon, the food is going to be delicious, the dress is going to look marvelous, the groom is going to look stunningly handsome, the cake's decor is still a mystery but it will be delicious, and the colors are bright! Orange, Yellow, Pink, and lime green. Oh...and can't forget the flowers are Gerber Daisies.

The latest accomplishment is a few engagement pictures. Mat and I drove down to St. George this past weekend and had Dad take a few...and by a few i mean close to 1000. Most of them turned out great! Some of them not so great.... here's a sneak preview:

School is great...as great as school can be of course. Great to almost be done, I have about two semesters left. Bless Mat's heart, he has about three years left. But he's jumped right in and tackled it... bringing home refridgerater worthy report cards and everything (as opposed to others of us).

We still don't know where we're going to end up after we're married. Mat got a a great Track & Field scholarship offer from Weber State University, and I applied for a position at UVU. So we'll either end up in Ogden, or stay in Utah County. Either way we'll be excited about starting our new life together. I'm a little nervous about having to be a "big girl" now, but I got a good man by my side to help me along.

Two little bloggers sittin' in a tree...

2009-02-18T11:31:00.000-08:00

Here we are... entering into the unknown world of blogging. I know this is a married couple thing, but I figured why not start now... we're almost there. So i guess for anyone who doesn't know that we are engaged, yes...we are. June 3rd is the day... It's a Wednesday. Which is odd I know.. but it worked well for us.

Getting engaged is fun. Everyone is all excited for you, and people come from far and wide to see the ring and hear the proposal story... But for as much as I loved the proposal, and for as fun as i think all of this is, it's been two weeks of telling the story at least five times a day. So... I decided its going to be posted and i'm going to start referring people to the blog when they ask...

Story...

A few months ago Mat and I started talking about the idea of getting married... Me being the typical Breezy basically said, "I really like that idea... now lets wait a long time." haha. Needless to say, Mat wasn't about to pop the question anytime soon after that, so we made a deal.

We had both been talking about how we've always wanted to smash pennies on railroad tracks, and neither of us had. Mat then made a comment along the lines of, "If a girl ever takes me to do that, I'll probably have to marry her." This is where the deal came in... I had to take Mat to the railroad tracks to smash pennies when I felt like I was ready to get married. So... on his birthday, January 29, I did just that. Blindfolded him, drove to the tracks, gave him 25 pennies, and we scattered them all over some tracks in Provo. After they were all carefully placed on the tracks we quickly left due to some suspicious drug deal action involving a taxi cab and a ghetto, pimped out truck.

One week later, on the morning of February 5, Mat drove up to have the "talk" with my mom. By the end of the talk they were planning the proposal - when, where, how, and all that. They came up with the idea of Mat asking me to marry him when he and I went back to the tracks to find the pennies... a marvelous idea they thought. They had also decided that in order to throw me off, Mat would just wait until I said something about going to find the pennies. That way, it's my idea, making me think nothing of it. Good plan. It worked well.

Mat drove straight from their chat to pick me up from class for lunch. We went to my house and made some sandwhiches while he told me that he had called my mom and asked if they could get together sometime next week to talk... (lie). After we finished lunch I decided that I was going to take the afternoon off and not go back to work. I then came up with the brilliant idea that, since it was light outside, we should go find some of our pennies! When i voiced this idea, Mat replied, "Uh..............................okay." So off we went.

The ride over was interesting... You can only imagine what was going through Mat's head. The ring was in the jockey box, in a box that was inside of another box. His first obstacle was to figure out how to get the ring from the three boxes without me knowing. Turns out, that was not at all difficult. We pulled up and Mat said, "I'll race you out there.." Being the competitive person you all know I am, I of course darted out of the truck and went sprinting to the tracks. So he stuck the ring on his finger and stuck his had in his pocket and we began the search. Mat of course found the first penny and yelled for me to come over. When I got over to him, he knelt down to pick it up and....... proposed. It was really cute... He hid the ring behind the penny he found, and when he held it up he slid the penny back so i could see the ring... gave his precious little speech... and asked me to marry him. I was totally caught off guard. We both cried for a while and then I of course said yes. We spent the next couple of hours searching and ended up finding 13 of the 25 pennies, which we thought was pretty good.

So that's the story... It's been a fun 8 months and we look forward to what the future holds for us!

Below: Eagle Eye strikes again!

Breezy just playin' on the tracks because
she has no chance of finding pennies.
(plus she can't stop looking at her newly decorated finger)

Some of the loot!