Temple Trip

David and I went to the Bountiful Temple on Saturday because the Salt Lake Temple was closed for cleaning and repairs. It was actually nice having it closed because it gave us an excuse to venture to a new temple. Bountiful was completely gorgeous inside and I especially loved the giant chandelier. We always "celebrate" going to the temple with ice cream afterwards. This time, we went to Leatherby's for Tracy's Peanut butter cup!" Oh boy, YUM! Between the temple, shredded sweet pork tacos that I made, and that delicious ice cream, it was a great night!

(David entertaining himself (and ME!) while waiting for ice cream)

Dollar Bowling

Okay, so when did bowling get so expensive? I was outraged the first time David and I went bowling with friends and it costs us $21 for just two games a piece! "21 freakin' dollars!?," I replied to the maybe 15 year old teenager working the cash register. I know that it's not her fault, but seriously $21?? Although it was a full-filled evening, I vowed to never go bowling again or pay that price for what should be cheap entertainment. Hey, we're on a budget now...well sort of! Luckily, the bowling alley we always go to started "Dollar Bowling" every Wednesday nights, for just $1 a game. Let's not mention that you end up paying for shoes too so it actually ends up costing you like $3-$4, but still much MUCH cheaper. David, Jewel, and I started the "Dollar Bowling" club on facebook and have been meaning to go every Wednesday, but haven't actually gone since we formed the group, until this last week. We had so much fun. The only complaint I have now is that there isn't cosmic bowling during dollar bowling, which let's just face it, makes bowling so much for enjoyable. Oh well, at least we're back to a reasonable price for bowling. And guess what? I almost bowled a 100 this time. Boy am I getting good! David always does much better than me...and has a special "dance" to prove it!

(David's "sexy victory dance")

Balls anyone?

Hurray Elizabeth!

Gettin' their fish face on

No bones about it, bowling is fun!

BYU honor code 101

In case you haven't heard, David is taking a night Spanish class at the BYU-Salt Lake Center this semester. And attending BYU requires you to adhere to the Honor code...aka you have to have short hair if you're a guy. What that really means is no more cute curls for David! We decided to buzz David's hair so that it doesn't require constant up-keep, while he's attending class this semester. Poor David isn't too thrilled with the new look, but I still think he looks great.Here are a few pictures of long vs. buzzed-haired Davey!

(Before shot: was his hair really that long?)

(Bye Bye gorgeous hair)

(Sportin' the mohawk!)

(Ahhh...isn't he adorable?! I sure think so)

Now if we can just take care of his facial hair, he'll be ready to go!

Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend

(David sick on the couch--doesn't he look miserable?!)

David and I had a fabulous 4 day weekend. David was deathly "sick" as you will be able to tell in the following photos, so he took off work both Friday and Monday (stupid Wells Fargo took yet another holiday this year). We had been wanting to venture up to Lava hot springs for some time now because David loved it when he went last year, and I've never been. A bunch of our friends were supposed to go along for the adventure, but Jewel was the only one who came through. Oh well, their loss because it was super fun!

(Jewel happily sleeping in the back seat)

On Sunday, we had Melissa and Brandon over for grilled cheese sandwhiches (David's specialty...actual his Jambalaya is MUCH better!) and homemade ice cream--minus the homemade ice cream because we forgot that the dang machine needs a full 24 hours of freezing time to make thick ice cream), which was nice and fun to see them again. We finally have a dresser in our room now too, so I no longer have to live out of suitcases! Later, we played our new game called "Loaded Questions" with friends. P.S. that game is so much fun!

On Monday, we went to Provo to wander around the University Mall and had lunch at CPK, where we ordered the Avocado egg rolls and a small pizza to share. Those dang egg rolls are so addicting! Later that night, we went ice skating with friends from our old ward. I was a little hesitant to go ice skating because I had only been once before, and that time I went I left the rink with swollen, bloody ankles. Therefore, I wasn't too enthusiastic when ice skating was mentioned, but I was wrong because it was tons o'fun. And David only made me fall down once! :)It was such a nice day.

Now I'm stuck back at work for the rest of the week, which is lame. I love holidays and when David stays home "sick" with me! :)

Fun in da Snow!

Since apparently it is NEVER going to stop snowing here, we decided to go ahead and just embrace all the fluffy whiteness. David and I decided to take a little field trip to the "hills" in Sugarhouse that David scoped out a few days earlier. I have never been so terrified from sledding in my whole life! I think I only made it down the steep hill twice before just giving up and sitting on the warm hay bales. David was much braver than me so I just continued watching David crash and burn down the hill. Actually, he was really good and it was much more fun just watching than actually going. I finally convinced him to take me back over to the kiddie hills, where I felt much more safe. A day of sledding is never complete without a nice cup of hot chocolate, so we headed to our trust-worthy 7-Eleven for a pipping hot cup of peppermint chocolate hot cocoa. Man is that stuff good...you should go check it out! Do we look like we're having fun or what?!

Also, here is a picture of us looking at the lights at Temple Square the day before Christmas Eve and I'm freezing my royal heiny off.

We're married

Hello everyone and welcome to the Dave to Claire blog! We are now married and enjoying our new life and apartment together...and let me just say that the place is looking super cute with nothing but NEW STUFF! Thank you everyone for your extreme generosity. We even were able to get a brand new camera from Target with all our leftover wedding money, so I will be able to put up some pictures for your entertainment. My other blog is all but dead so if you're interested in reading about the Roger's Neighborhood then you'll want to keep with this blog, and NOT the other one. Anyhow, this is the only photo I have currently from our wedding, but more soon.