More Life Changes

We have officially decided that we are no longer going to do the Peace Corps anytime soon. We are going to focus on school and then onto grad school. 

We were a bit sad that something we had been looking forward to since we were dating was not something we were supposed to do. The plan now is to have Michael graduate in December and then start applying for grad school. Our options are endless and we are so exciting for what the future holds. 

There is a light at the end of the tunnel. YAY!

Hi Monkey!

Holidays 2011

I still cannot believe that it is almost February. The end of last year went by so fast. It all started out with celebrating Thanksgiving with the Vineyards. It was my first Thanksgiving with them ever and turned out to be pretty nice with all of the new traditions. 

Lexi and I started out Thanksgiving day to run our Turkey Trot at the Rec Center. I am not sure how this tradition began, but it is one of my favorites. We go to the Turkey Trot and run, more like walk, the 5k. We don't register though, and we usually don't end up doing the whole 5k because we get bored and cheat. This year was no exception with not registering which became a huge disadvantage. We thought the event started at 7  when in reality it started at 8. So we began our run/walk and made it through the whole 5k. Woot Woot. It was pretty funny, you'd probably have to be there to appreciate it though. 

After the run, I went back to Mama's and we had McMuffins for breakfast and proceeded to get all of the food ready for later that day. Then we headed to the Lambson's where the boys attempted to play football, but that was short lived since Michael gave Lee a bloody nose. Later on we also took Luke on his first motorcycle ride. 

The next day we had the annual Matheson Day After Thanksgiving Celebration at Noah's. Even though most of the family bailed last minute, it was great to get with them and just have fun over food and games. We did a potluck and of course had way too much food. Grandma and I ended up making the same main dish which was pretty fun, hers, being the original, were way better than mine. Sad day.

Michael didn't go because he was sicker than a dog. I came home and took him to the hospital, only to find that the doctor would not give him anything and told him just to go home and rest. It wasn't until about a month later when we finally got our insurance all straightened out were we able to go to his doctor that he has had since he was a kid and find out he had a sinus infection. He had been suffering for months. It was a great day he finally got some antibiotics, until the next week that I came down with the same thing. Oh the joys of modern medicine. 

After work Christmas parties and finals, we were finally able to celebrate Thanksmas and Christmas. Thanksmas was so fun this year with Padre, Nancy, and Kaylie coming to Utah. We had lots of fun and were so grateful they were able to come out. Christmas Eve we spent with the Vineyards and had a nice celebration with just our immediate family. That night we went over to the Anderson's and slept in the back of the truck outside. I saw this thing on pinterst where you put your mattress in the bed of your truck and sleep under the stars nice and cozy. I showed Michael and he decided that Christmas Eve was the day we would do it. I am proud to say I made it outside the entire night, we were actually the last ones to get up Christmas morning.

The kiddos were so cute opening up their Christmas presents. It was fun having the magic of Christmas back. We had our traditional breakfast and then headed off to Beal's ward for an hour of church. Then we came home and got to talk to our Sister Davis! She is just so beautiful and is doing so great. A fun surprise was that Padre got too come be with us  too because he had  a layover in Salt Lake. It was great having the whole family together on a day to celebrate Christ's birth.

Life Changes

I was recently offered a promotion at my job with Icentris which will allow me to quit working at Noah's and still be able to help out our family while Michael is still in school. 

Words cannot describe what a blessing this will be. The financial aspect, though awesome, is only half of what makes this so amazing. The biggest blessing from it is the time I will now be able to spend with Michael! No more late nights on a regular basis. No more running after working 8 hours at one job onto the next to work another 8 hours. To say the least, I am very excited about this change.

The last few weeks have been pretty dang stressful however, with taking on some of the new responsibilities with my Project Manager position and transitioning out of my old position, and still having to work at Noah's on top of that. Not that Noah's is necessarily hard, but it can be draining not leaving there until 2:30 in the morning after a huge, dumb Utah Valley party where 30 year old men are trying to chase down 19 year old girls. (Gag me, I am so grateful not to be single anymore) Where, at the same party, the cops had to come because thousands of dollars worth of damage was done to the building, and not to mention the jerk face who grabbed my butt and actually got offended that I told him to keep his hands of me, as if I was the one doing the inappropriate thing. 

Ya, there are some things about Noah's I am not going to miss. 

 I will however miss the girls who I worked with. It was fun starting out somewhere new and trying to push myself not to be shy or intimidated. I loved seeing  myself become more comfortable being me, rather than someone I thought others wanted me to be.

I am grateful that I never have to work another quince again, or another high school birthday party. This week will be my last week at Noah's and it was such a great job to have and a really needed blessing when I started there in July.

 Noah's, you will be missed. Michael will especially miss your giant theater room that he would have all to himself to play his Xbox or watch Ghost Adventures. 

As for my new position, I now have a real grown up job, yahoo. I am a Project Manger for about three of our clients and basically am in charge of finding out what it is the client wants, and then getting that to the developers to get it done. I am excited about the new opportunity and how it will make my resume look. I am also excited about my new laptop and cell phone that I should be getting with it. 

Heavenly Father loves us and wants to bless us. It has been humbling and exciting learning to tell Him our wants and seeing how He chooses to bless us with something greater than what we could have hoped for ourselves.. None of this would be possible without Him.

Alumni Battle for the Paddle

New Years Eve was pretty awesome for us this year. 

We were in bed by 9 o'clock. We party hard. 

(I did have one of the worst headaches known to man that night though, which is why I was in bed so early and Michael apparently woke me up at midnight to give me a kiss, which I have absolutely no recollection of at all.)

But, earlier that morning is what made it awesome. We went to the 1st Annual Alumni Battle for the Paddle, where all of the alumni from Mountain View and Orem got to swim against each other. It was a fundraiser for the current swim teams, so we wanted to support them.

Twas fun. 

Nicki was the only person  to swim from Mountain View, but Lexi and I were there to cheer. 

Michael got first place in the breast stroke and pretty much kicked booty in the other events as well. It was so  fun being at a swim meet again! Technically that pool is where Michael and I first saw each other, so it was fun to reminisce.

 It was also fun to see all of our old swim buddies. My oh my, how things have changed since high school. Most of us were out of shape and fat (which is why I didn't swim.) Is it sad that it was comforting that most of us had gone downhill since our high school days? It was a reality check for sure. Good thing I have Ragnar coming up huh?

Yes, I pretended to take a picture of Lexi so I could really take a picture of this adorable old man. 

Go Tigers and Bruins!