March Madness in a Week

This past week Thomas and I were in our favorite place: Washington. It was a lovely trip - went by fast, but was lovely :)

The best road trip snacks: Jones, angel food cake, and strawberries.

There was lots of game playing.......

Visiting with our families.......

Yummy food......

Animals just love Thomas. Who doesn't? :)

John and Thomas video gaming it up (Mortal Kombat!)

Sunday best

The main event of the trip: Susie's baby shower!

Emily received so many nice things (mostly clothes that were oh so cute!)

Sister Jennifer looking great as usual

Besties!

Gotta love this kid!

Yay for sisters!

Emily Joy Holladay - such a perfect little button!

6 Happy Filled Months

It was our 6 month anniversary yesterday! Can't believe how fast the past 6 months flew by. We had a lovely day. It was so nice to just have a whole day to ourselves. We enjoyed a late breakfast of crepes at a local favorite place of ours, a stop at the book store to browse and pick up some Lego mini figures, a lovely walk outside (it was t-shirt weather!), a reception for a friend, piano recital, and then a tasty dinner. It was a great day and we are very much in love and very much happy...I mean, I think it's pretty obvious :)

Yesterday, while we were listening to our "wedding cd," Thomas requested that I put the song list up on our blog. They are songs we selected and put on blue and green colored cds and gave out to guests at our reception:

1. It's a Beautiful Day ~ U2

2. All of This ~ Shaimus

3. Eyes ~ Rogue Wave

4. So Happy Together ~ The Turtles

5. Easy Girl ~ Coconut Records

6. I believe in a Thing Called Love ~ The Darkness

7. You Make My Dreams ~ Hall & Oates

8. First Day of My Life ~ Bright Eyes

9. The Dress Looks Nice On You ~ Sufjan Stevnes

10. Lucky ~ Colbie Calliat & Jason Mraz

11. Kiss from a Rose ~ Seal

12. Breathe ~ Angels & Airwaves

13. Thirteen ~ Ben Kweller

14. You're My Best Friend ~ Queen

15. Such Great Heights ~ Postal Service

16. Brighter Than Sunshine ~ Aqualung

17. Do You Remember ~ Jack Johnson

18. The Gambler ~ Fun.

19. We're Gonna Be Friends ~ White Stripes

20. Mr. Blue Sky ~ ELO

21. Annie's Song ~ John Denver

22. Til Kingdom Come ~ Coldplay

Our new additions: the "dwarf," "spartan" and "mobster."

Dancing in the Moonlight

Tonight I went to DanceSport to watch my nephew compete in the formation ballroom competition.  They took third place at a national level - they did awesome!  It brings back memories of when I was on the same team a few years back and competed on the same floor!  Such a thrill, and tons of excitement and energy.  I sat with my good friend Linda during the show (who also competed that day - hence the hair and make up :)

It's Always Fair Weather

This past weekend, I flew home via business trip to hire and train someone for our company. I was able to stay a couple days extra and spend time with my family! Highlights were: a fabulous Greek/Middle Eastern lunch with my mom, visiting my sister and seeing my 3 week old niece Emily Joy for the first time (she is a beautiful baby! not all babies are cute), Mortal Kombat with my brother, visits with besties Nicole and Candace, visiting my sister Jen and her family (loved playing "tickle monster" with my niece Juliana), going to the beach for a walk and watching the sunset, and of course my mom's great cooking. It was a really nice weekend!

Disneyland, Here We Come!

So...I know we just went to Disneyland, but we are fortunate to have the opportunity to go again through a very kind friend back in my home ward. As a late wedding present, she gave us points from her timeshare to stay in a 5 star resort anywhere in the world! Well, of course we picked the happiest place on earth...Disneyland. We wanted to go somewhere that would involve little planning, would be fairly close, and where we could just stay a few days at. We are going next January!!

Stoked for: Dole Whip, Star Tours, Captain EO, The Lego Store, Monte Cristo Sandwiches, Pirates Ride, Fun Photos, Fantasyland (my favorite), Parades, Disney Characters, and everything else!

February Lovin'

Thanks mom for the yummy lunch at Outback we had this past week (we got Cheesy Aussie Fries and they are a HUGE helping). I didn't think to take a picture until after we had almost devoured the whole plate! So filling and SO good. Our night followed with a Toys R Us stop to grab a few mini Legos (picture displayed below of our lovely collection), ice cream bars at Costco (I AM ADDICTED. SO FREAKIN GOOD), and the dollar theatre to see "Tin Tin," which we both enjoyed.

So these are my "Seduced By Chocolate Brownies." Don't look very seducy, do they? Well....I made my classic homemade brownie recipe for a game night with some friends. I was very excited about it as I haven't made them in a while (and you have to make these sorts of desserts with others in mind, as it is far too dangerous to keep a 9 x 13 in. pan of homemade brownies with white chocolate chips and cream cheese frosting all to yourself.)

Anyhow, after frosting them, I cut them up only to get somewhat of a gooey mess!! I should have left them in for 5 -10 min longer! The edges were ok, so I just brought those over. So we were left with a pan of brownies without the edges...which actually turned out to be good when they set overnight.

We made stuffed breadsticks last week.

super easy & super yummy: pepperoni and mozzarella!

A little somebody has been leaving me these hearts all over the house this month (some hidden and some quite obvious) - I have been displaying them on my piano!

Ice and New Life

Last week Thomas and I had a fun date day and went ice skating in Salt Lake at an outdoor skating rink - which I have always wanted to do! We also went to a ballet that night and saw "The Snow Queen" - I really loved it! Thomas did too actually :) It was beautiful. We got front row seats dead center, which was really cool. I love seeing the expressions on the dancers' faces.

Other highlights were Valentine's, and.....my sister Susie had her baby on the 11th!!! She is SO cute. See picture below :)

I made some cupcakes for work for Valentine's Day!

John and Linda: thank you for the Red Robin gift card!

We very much enjoyed it as it is one of our favorite places to eat!

Oh, and Thomas got like 6 REFILLS of strawberry lemonade.

On Valentin's Day we went on a hike! The same one we

went on our second date two years ago!

Part of a frozen waterfall

And we had yummy pretzels! Heart shaped for the occasion :)

My new niece! Thomas and I drive home in a few weeks to see

her and I'm helping throw a shower for my sister :) Thomas put

together this photo to insert in the shower invites.