2 Years and Counting!

Stephen and I celebrated our 2-year anniversary this past week. It's crazy to think that it's already been that long. It's amazing how fast time flies. I was grateful that he was in town (with him traveling every other week this month for work.) We were able to spend a nice relaxing night together and enjoy some dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! I think we found a new favorite restaurant! I saw this on my sister-in-laws blog and learned some new and interesting things about my brother. So I thought it would be fun to do one about Stephen. Enjoy!

*What is your husband's name? Stephen Wayne Holden
*How long have you been married? 2 Years
*How long did you date? Well, we knew each other a year before we started dating, but Stephen thought I was too tall for him, so he didn't give me the time of day. Then we went on a camping/hiking trip with a bunch of friends for Memorial day. After that we dated for 5 months before we got engaged.
*Who is taller? I am... but only by one inch.
*Who can sing the best? Definitely Stephen! He actually has a really good singing voice and sang with a few different BYU Choirs back in the day.
*Who pays the bills? Neither of us...we both check in on the Automatic Bill Payer and our bank account online. Thank goodness for technology!
*Who does the laundry? Me!
*Who mows the lawn? We don't have a lawn quite yet... it's more of a hue of green weeds in the backyard. We both spent a few time pulling them last summer.
*Who cooks dinner? I do, but sometimes I slack off when I get home late and am very tired.
*Who is the first to admit when they're wrong? We both take our turn.
*Who kissed who first? He kissed me first.
*Who wears the pants? He wears the pants, I just tell him which ones to wear. :)
*He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? Anything on the Discovery channel, his top favorites are Myth Busters and Man vs Wild. He'll also watch House, The Office, Everybody loves Raymond and King of Queens.
*You're out to eat, what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? Most of the time if he gets a salad it's a cobb salad with blue cheese dressing.
*What's one food he doesn't like? The only food he doesn't like is Peas! I have to admit I'm the picky eater in the family.
*What kind of drink does he order? Stephen's a fan of all the specialty drinks & smoothies, his favorite soda is Sprite
*Where did he go to high school? Dow High
*What size shoe does he wear? 10
*If he was to collect anything, what would it be? Airplanes...that's just a little out of our price range.
*What is his favorite type of sandwich? He loves any sandwich as long as it comes with all of the fixings.
*What is his favorite cereal? Stephen's not much of a breakfast person. He'll occasionally eat a little Marshmallow Maties and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
*What is his favorite sports team? He's a big BYU fan, although he does cheer for Michigan.
*Who is his best friend? hopefully me!
*How many places has he lived in? 3-Michigan, Argentina, Utah
*You bake him a cake for his birthday; what would it be? Definitely Cheesecake!
*What could he spend hours doing? flying(in an airplane or on flight simulator) playing games on the computer and reading.

I am so grateful for Stephen and his example to me. He helps me become a better person. He is great friend that I can cry and laugh with. He is a great listener, especially when I've had a hard day at work. He's not perfect, but he's perfect for me!

Our Michigan Christmas

So even though it's already half way through January, I'm still catching up on my Christmas blogs. Being gone for two week straight and then heading back to work the next day with report cards and progress reports waiting for you, makes a busy past few weeks. We had a wonderful time this Christmas and was able to spend some time with Stephen's family in Michigan. It was so fun to be out there for more than a few days. Although, we barely made it to Detroit with the craziness of the holiday airports, stranded people and fire alarms going off while waiting for our baggage. We were glad to finally get to Midland. It's been over a year since I've been there and seen the niece and nephews on the Holden's side. Stephen's sister came up from Illinois and we played tons! We had a great Christmas Day (my first away from home)seeing the excitement of a 4-year old and 2 2-year olds. Kids always make Christmas wonderful. One thing we did lots of while we were out there was play games and watch movies. Two favorites for the Holden family! I think we pulled out the board games on a daily basis. It was great! Amongst all the game playing and movie watching we were able to go sledding (before it rained and the 2 feet of snow melted), tried to stay on our feet while ice skating, played with cousin who came up from Ohio for a few days and we visited Grandpa Wilke. As we drove back down to Detroit at the end of our stay, we were lucky to have Erin (Stephen's little sister who's here at BYU) fly on the same flight with us back to SLC. We made it back just in time to see my two brothers who's families were in town for the holidays. It was too bad that our plane was an hour late and we only saw them for a quick few hours before they headed out in the morning. Guess it gave us an excuse to stay up until 3am playing the wii with each other. We crashed the next day with all the jet lag, but it sure was worth it!

Christmas in the city

One of my favorite Christmas traditions growing up was spending some time right before Christmas in a hotel in Salt Lake City and seeing the festivities downtown. So this year since most of us kids have carried on the tradition with our families decided to do it altogether. It was great to get away for a night and spent some time together. We enjoyed the amazing lights, the Christus and the nativity scenes at Temple Square. Afterwards we warmed up with some delicious hot chocolate at JB's. We always have so much fun together. I love living so close to family and spending time with them. We are so blessed!

Rise And Shout The Cougars Are Out....

This about all I know of the BYU fight song. Being an Aggie, I don't cheer much for the coug's although Stephen on the other hand bleeds blue. We had some friends heading down to Vegas for the bowl game just before Christmas and decided to go along and cheer the team on. It was a fun and fast little road trip. I didn't realize how close we really live to Vegas...only a 5 hour trip. It wasn't too bad of a drive. the roads were great. But Vegas had just gotten two snow storms earlier that week and it was still very cold...especially for Las Vegas. We bundled up in our winter gear, but the people in front of us were from the area and had just light jackets and no gloves. It was about 30 degrees and I felt so bad for them. They left after the first hour. It was an intense game, until the end when BYU was just throwing it away. We were all very disappointed when they didn't win, but we had a great time. It was a wonderful way to start our Christmas adventures.

Waiting for the game to start!

Here comes the team!

Cheering on the Cougars in the cold!