We love James Taylor!!!

Matt and I went to Tahoe for the weekend to see James Taylor live! It was so much fun! We went to his Salt Lake City concert a couple of years ago while we were still dating and LOVED it, and Matt saw him in Cincinnati many years ago. So we are officially roadies, traveling just to see him live. He has the funniest comments in between his songs. And believe it or not, we were not the youngest people there! We strongly recommend seeing him in concert to anyone who hasn't. You won't regret it. We've also been going to the golf driving range lately and we really enjoy it. I did a lot better than expected--Matt is a good teacher, and definitely better than me. We were both able to hit the guy driving around to pick up the golf balls. :) And we got a new couch! Our most expensive purchase as a married couple...that is if you don't include our rent in California! But we love it and it is SO comfortable! Enjoy!

Mexico Video! Watch it, it's great.

Look at JT rockin' out!

If you look very close, you can see James in the background! He's good...

Me and Jamesy :)

The view at Emerald Bay, it was absolutely gorgeous!

Matty swinging the clubs. He hit this one 400 yards!

Look at that posture. Look out, Tiger Woods!

Our new couch. See how comfy it is, he fell asleep!

Look at how good he looks in his JT shirt!

I left my heart in San Francisco...

We have officially been married for two years! On July 8th, Matty and I celebrated two amazing years of marriage! We actually celebrated it over the 4th of July weekend and went to downtown San Francisco. It was a lot of fun. We went to the Full House Park which I had never been to, and let me tell you, it was a HUGE tourist attraction. People were everywhere. A lot of people were there to watch the fireworks because you could see over the hug buildings and see the bay so it would have been a great seat. It then took us about a half hour to find a parking spot which was 14-15 blocks away from where we were trying to go! So we caught a trolley which was fun. We were the people holding onto those poles for dear life as we went down those steep, steep hills, and it was lots of fun. We ate an enormous sundae at Ghiradelli Square which was covered in the richest hot fudge sauce we have ever had--we both felt so sick even after sharing! We walked on the beach, listened to the live music playing and then trecked the 14-15 blocks up the steep hills back to our car! Let me tell you--quite the workout! I'm sure every single calorie in our bodies was burned!!! The trolley line was way too long. We decided to watch fireworks from the hotel room because we were on the 9th floor overlooking the bay. It was a spectacular view, and we were able to see multiple firework shows. It was a great weekend, and we even bought a new couch! Our most expensive purchase together (besides rent in California!). It is a light beige leather couch, and it is beautiful. We are anxiously awaiting its arrival and can't wait to chop up our old one! :)


Down memory lane--Full House Park. Everywhere you look...

Matt hanging onto the trolley handles. It was so fun!

The small strip of beach next to Ghiradelli Square.

At the lookout point just before the Golden Gate Bridge!

Pier 39--by the way, we were both SO freezing cold that we had to but sweatshirts. I've been to San Fran before, but this was freezing!

Matt lookin smokin hot!

What do you know?! Even though it was freezing we decided to take a boat tour! We're crazy.

And of course Hard Rock--yeah!

Me with my people. We had good times.

Want a Jelly Belly?!

We are officially now in the Vacaville area! Our first stop: of course the Jelly Belly Factory. It was great. They offer all of the free samples you want, we got a tour, and a free little goody bag. Matt was also able to taste the new Bean-Boozled flavors. They are very similar to the Harry Potter nasty ones!

Matt with Mr. Jelly Belly. They became very good friends once Matt realized he would get free candy.

Allie likes to pretend that she is a little kid sometimes.

Matt spinning the Bean-Boozled wheel to see what new flavor he would be able to try...
Yep, you guessed it. He got SKUNK SPRAY! This is his after face!
Allie and George. She really likes him. He's still good lookin even made out of Jelly Bellys...but then again anything would be good made out of Jelly Bellys!

Graduation!

Oh yeah...we graduated! It was a lot of fun because both of our families came up and we were able to walk together with the business school in the Marriott Center! After 5 years a-piece, it felt great to finally be done and start a new chapter of our lives!

Newest Grads of BYU!

The Grads again, and we did it together! :)


The Grads with Matt's mom and dad. Amber, Chad, Ashley, Graysen, and Carter also came. Thank you to everyone!
Some of Allie's family also came out for the celebration and parties--thanks!

Costa Rica!!! Monkeying Around

When we visited the national park, we saw all kinds of wildlife. The monkeys would come right up to people. We were like 10 feet from these dudes.

Costa Rica!!! Manuel Antonio beach

Our next stop was Manuel Antonio on the Pacific Coast. Gorgeous, but then again just about everything down here is. Once again a professional picture credited to Matt. This is the public beach in Manuel Antonio area. Look at the Ruggedness of that man's body. Must be Matt Lanenga. He rented a surf board and was the next surfer champ! We just didn't bring our camera that day. Quepos beach.
Hidden in the middle of the picture is what is known as a rodent of unusual size. Just like princess bride, only this was no fire swamp. We never could tell exactly what it was but it looked like a 20 lbs. rat. It doesn't look big in the picture but it is the size of a small dog. Matt spotted it with his keen eyes.
In the middle of the picture is a black spot. That is our first encounted of a sloth. It didn't do much...but then again it is called a sloth.
Matt with Manuel Antonio beach behind him. Go Cubs! We support them anywhere we go. We actually had a guy from Chicago come up and ask us about the cubs and give us the update on their status. We love Chicago.

Costa Rica!!! La Fortuna Falls and the Crocs

La Fortuna Waterfalls also in Arenal. It was a nice hike down and then we were able to swim in the pools. We didn't have our swimsuits on so we only went knee deep. Doesn't this look professional?! Matt's amazing.
Matt was a little warm so he stood right under the Fall...It's soaking his head.
One last Los Lagos picture. Pretty Matt.
On our way from Arenal to Manuel Antonio and the Beach our driver stopped at a bridge and had us look at the Crocs...Cna you believe it?! There were at least 20 or 30 crocodiles in this muddy water, it's nice we didn't fall in, we would have been goners! We had some crocs at our hotel in Los Lagos and they were held in only by a chain-link fence that was bent and looked like they could get out just by touching the fence. It was pretty scaring. Matt was sad he couldn't taunt them.