MBA Graduation

I graduated with my MBA from the University of Utah in Spring 2013! It's such a weird filling knowing that I'll never go back to school. I've spent my entire life focused on school and getting a graduate degree. Now I'm free, and I'd have to say I do like the freedom. I celebrated my freedom with taking as many trips as I could fit in before my wedding.

Marielle

This is our new and great friend Marielle. Unfortunately she left to go back to the Netherlands last week. We did have some fun while it lasted. Can't wait to visit her in March.

 

Her cute boyfriend Huib (ask Brynn to pronounce it for you) that she hadn't seen the entire 6 months she was here, came to pick her up. He was darling and super funny. 

Bye Marielle.

Mrs. Brynne Frei

Brynne got married Friday night to Mr. Tanner Frei, a really really great guy. This is a small tribute to Brynne. I will post some pictures of the wedding up later. For now, you get this.

Out of all the girls I was best friends with growing up, Brynne is the last of them to get married. She couldn't have picked a more perfect boy, I'm so excited for the two of them!

Most of these I am ashamed to show, but its why we became friends.

This is us now and then. I think we have matured a little.

Our friendship goes way back, and we didn't even know it.

I know we were way to old for this stuff.

Things like this happened way to many times.

And this.

 But it was always fun

Katie's wedding

She has been married for almost five years now

 We had some pretty great scooter rides. Brynne had a faster scooter for a long time and really became a show off because of it.

And now

We are all grown up.

So excited for the two of them. Love them both. They had a beautiful wedding, and I'm sure will have a beautiful life.

Brynne is the most positive person I know. I'm glad to have her as one of my best friends.

Dirt Biking

I went riding with My dad, Jarred, Steve and a few of Jarred's neighbor's one evening up Big Cottonwood canyon. There is one trail that allows dirt bikes up the canyon. Apparently It was too advanced for me. I rode my dad's dirt bike and he borrowed Jarred's neighbors. It was September.

This was before when all we had done was take the nice joy ride up the canyon.

My dad and I were just getting worked a lot of the time because the trail was so rocky. His bike had a dead battery and it doesn't have a kick start so every time I would kill it going through the rock fields I couldn't get it started again. I think Jarred really regretted taking us on this hill. I still thought it was fun, but it was definitely above our ability level.

We finally made it up but we still had to go down and it was getting dark.

The bike I rode down on didn't have a light so I ended up heading in front of the group and not waiting for everyone. I wanted to make it back with as much light as I could. Because I suck, and I was trying get down really quick I had a few good wrecks, with no one around to watch or help me. They were all waiting for the group to get past each obstacle. One of my wrecks I flew over the handle bars, and another I some how tipped the bike which is to heavy for me and got my leg wedged between a rock and the bike. Since I was half sitting on the bike which was sitting on my leg, it took awhile to get my leg unstuck alone. I am apparently not made to do really rocky trails on a bike that is to big for me.

Finally we made it back and then I had the nice drive back home. Once I got home I got to check for the damage I'd done. I had bruised up my leg pretty bad, but it didn't hurt. It just looked bad. My entire right thigh was a bruise. The worst part is that its now December and I can still feel the bruise right above my knee. It won't go away. My dad had hurt his foot pretty bad because he didn't have riding boots on and he limped around for the next week or so. Other than that I guess you can say it was a success.

Meet Andrew Jarred

This is my super cute new nephew. 

He already is so much bigger than this, I'm a little slow on my updates, but he is adorable. I love his hair. He is so much fun to play with even though he's a baby and can't actually play. He's Jarred and Rachelle's first baby, and I can't wait to start seeing more of his personality.

 

Hopefully I will be able to get some more recent photo's of him to add to this. I'll take some good ones this next week over THANKSGIVING!

Also, it snowed a ton this last week! Skiing has been so great!

Treq and Britteny

Treq married Britteny this past summer, and here are some photo's I took at their wedding. He's my only cousin my exact age and I've grown up with him as one of my very best friends.

Treq and I were always two very hyper-active kids. We had to be doing something at all times. It was in our parents favor to go with both our families on vacation; that way we could entertain each other. While our older brothers Josh and Ty would be sitting on the beach playing with their calculators, Treq and I would be running in circles around everyone and trying to think of dumb things to try. In Lake Powell we could be out on our stand-ups all day racing and trying to out do each other. It's been great growing up with him as my cousin and such a good friend. He is hilarious and a ton of fun.

I am so happy Treq found such a cute wife. I wish them the best.