Isaac & Meg

Bear Lake

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We were able to enjoy a fun relaxing trip with our friends this last weekend. It was such a blast to just hang out, watch movies, eat, read and eat some more. Here are some pictures taken on my iPhone that sum up the weekend, enjoy!

Here we go...

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October 2011-December 2011...here it goes.

Isaac and I were able to go to a football game this fall. We were so excited because we haven't been to one for so long. Go Utes!

The boys thought they were being so funny as i was trying to get a good picture of them together.

Gracie was baptized last fall! This was really big because she is the last in our family. We were all so proud of her!

Remember when we had snow? In October? Oh yes, I do.

Halloween was a blast this year. We had a fun costume party with friends and carved pumpkins.

Let's not forget trick or treating...

Needless to say, we really get into the holiday...

This Thanksgiving Isaac went to North Carolina to visit his sister, he was also gone for his birthday. When I picked him up from the airport he was surprised with his friends who waited patiently at our house...wish I would have gotten a group picture, this is all i got.

Christmas was also a blast this year. It flew right by.

We were able to get together with friends again, and none other than Saint Nick himself also made an appearance...

I always love going to Emily and Grace's school Christmas performances!

summer.

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Here is a picture overload of our summer...

Fourth of July...

Random date night at Cafe Trio...

24th of July festivities with the Paulsen's...EGG TOSS, the egg won...

Isaac's HOME MADE fire work (the doorway to heaven) Kids please do NOT try this at home...

Door way to Heaven soon turned into the fiery gates to hell...
Cute Ethan...

LONE PEAK! Getting ready and packing the car...

Before the long and treacherousness hike...

I almost stepped on this rattle snake!!!

Mom and I going to Europe! We got bumped up to first class...ah what a dream...

Notre Dame...

Paris...in an hour...

Venice...

First Italian pizza!
On the train to Rome and we sat by the cutest family from Spain...
Rome...Vatican Square...Circle?...square...

Capitol Building...
FAVORITE RESTAURANT EVER!
Trevi fountain...
Mom and i stayed here...
Beautiful...

Gilato nazi here...

We may have gotten this once or twice a day...everyday...

Awesome band...

Colosseum...

Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn...Roman Holiday...love this.

Our room we stayed in!

Welcome to the Amalfi Coast...

Sunburn.

It took a LOT of will power for Katie to not take this little guy home...

Sleeping in the airport...

Bear Lake Half Iron Man!

Cheering crew...the best in fact...

Paulsen family time...

Summer boating trips...

Sad to see summer come to an end but SO excited for fall!

Inspirational? I think yes.

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My sister-in-law (Amy) posted this on her blog and I loved it so much I wanted to share with you!

Climbing.

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Isaac and I love climbing. It has been so much fun since we got all our equipment to just cruise up the canyon and climb. Isaac is awesome, he can climb anything! Me on the other hand, let's just say that I am a "cautious" climber, but I still love to do it. There is something great about climbing that we just can't seem to get enough of.

So much...

2011-05-27T10:53:00.000-07:00

OK, I am real great at the whole blogging thing...or not so much. But here is what has happened in our lives lately...

Sarah, my sister, is an amazing volleyball player. I was able to go see one of her tournaments and her team placed first! Her serve is insane and she served 8 straight aces! Pretty neat.

Here are some delicious treats...unfortunately this is a reoccurring thing lately, sweets. I made these reeses peanut butter cups at my parents and they were gone instantly. Please note that this says nothing about my creative cooking abilities at all because when you have chocolate and peanut butter, really how can one go wrong?

My sister in law Angie through an awesome party for little J with a Toy Story theme, i loved the hanging army men. Angie is so creative and definitely knows how to throw a party.

My beautiful cousin Mari got married this May. Her wedding was absolutely stunning and her dress was drop dead gorgeous. Everything turned out perfectly! Wahoo Mari! This picture was actually taken at a shower we threw her.

We went on some fun walks with the kids...

And of course no walk is complete with out a trip to Top It!

OK this picture is from way back on Easter. Jess and Rachel were in charge of hiding the eggs...little did we know they prepared an entire song and dance as well. Unfortunately this moment was not captured in its entirety, but I git what I could.

Random picture i know, but i am really obsessed with my Vans right now...

OK back to Mari's wedding, after the ceremony, the family took a trip over to Denny's. Now don't be jealous, we are a pretty high class family and ONLY attend the finest restaurants...as you can tell.

Now let me tell you about a little thing called PANCAKE PUPPIES. This delicious and decadent food can ONLY be experienced at Denny's, and it truly is an experience. Deep fried goodness does not get any better than this...

Just this last weekend Isaac, his two friends Spencer and Steve, Josh, Jane, Cara and I participated in the St. George Triathlon. It was such a blast to be with family. Little six year old Jane was tearin' it up on the race course...

Josh exiting the water...

Isaac exiting the water...

Isaac, Steve and Spencer.

Everyone did so well, in fact little Gracie (Cara's one year old) is gearing up to do one herself...

It was great being with Isaac's family, they are all a blast!

Isaac and I tried this little Fresh Juice place right by our place. Isaac had the carrot and apple and i had the pineapple, orange and grapefruit. It was quite delicious, along with our little treats...

Just this morning my mom, dad, Emily and I dropped Jess off at the airport, she is off to France for one month and then backpacking through Europe after. I am so excited for her. One of our favorite movies is French Kiss. Needless to say we have watched it quite a few times before Jess left...

Checking out the euros...

au revoir!

Excited for...

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Currently Watching...

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Sitting on the couch listening to these...

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And really wanting to watch this...

Curling, skiing and fun

2011-03-25T21:57:00.000-07:00

Well, I don't want to toot my own horn or anything, but this picture below could soon be Isaac and I. That is right, we are curlers....curlers? Is that the proper name for them? Anyways, Isaac and I had the opportunity to take curling lessons with some friends of ours and needless to say, we are now certified professionals....OK so we are not professionals, but we do know how to curl and I am not going to lie, i actually enjoyed it. As boring as it is to watch it is a very enjoyable sport to participate in. They offer lessons at the Olympic oval, which is humongous by the way, it was great.

Before we approached the ice we were all so anxious, you can just see the excitement building in this picture.

To get comfortable with the sport and on the ice we began with a few drills, I was kind of nervous to slide on the ice because I thought for sure I would fall on my face. Isaac got it all down real quick.

Epic? I think yes.

Good form!

Just getting some good pointers and advice from our coach for the night.

Isaac contemplating the sweep.

You know what they say about couples who curl together?....well I don't exactly know what they say, but it can't be too bad.

One important lesson learned from curling, NEVER wear leather shoes, (specifically Sperrry's) on the ice, hence the picture of my cold feet....real cold.

And then a nice trip to In-N-Out on the way home, after all, we probably burned at least like 100 calories, that's right, curling is no easy task.....ok that's a lie, so we probably didn't burn very many calories at all, but a delicious chocolate milk shake was definitely needed afterwards.

SNOW BASIN: THE GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH

Every year my parents' neighborhood spends two days up at Snow Basin. It is a trip i always look forward to. The skiing is great and i love being with the family.

The whole fam damily. Please note that shortly before this Jessica teased Gracie by telling her she was going to push her off the mountain...this may be why Gracie is in front of everyone and far away from Jess.

Rachel and I, just before lunch. We are very excited to almost be eating...very excited.

I don't know what to even say about this but that it is typical Maddie and Isaac material.

Jess having a jolly old time.

And of course Gracie...

Rachel...too bad she's not wearing grandma's tight turquoise snow suit, it really is a treat.

Sarah, the most hard core skier i know.

Isaac, just happy to be there...

And Maddie, the entertainment for the trip.

Oh and Jess again.

The whole gang in the gondola, they are truly heaven sent and make skiing 1,000 times better.

Isaac and I...my face is frozen.

One highlight of the trip was a little (and i mean little) game called Tiny Holes. Gracie was the founder of this game, considering her tininess this is not hard to believe. The game goes like this, everyone follows Gracie, Gracie finds the tiny hole and everyone continues to follow Gracie through the tiny hole. Everyone was expected to participate, even dad. The picture below is a superb example of the Ultimate Tiny Hole. Game on Gracie.

I have really been spoiled this season and have been able to go skiing a lot. This last Tuesday my good friend Jocelyn and I went to Snowbird, it had snowed all night so we got some really great skiing in. Joss is so much fun to be around and we had a blast skiing.

And here is Isaac training intensively with my iPad. He thought he was so cool........but I guess he is.

Isaac and I are so lucky to have good friends and family, what we would do with out them I have no idea.

ARRIVEDERCI!

Ice Castles, Valentine's and TRADITIOOOON...

2011-02-16T21:49:00.000-08:00

So Isaac and I are right at this very moment watching one of the greatest movies of all time. Fiddler on the Roof. The music is absolutely wonderful! And side note; when Isaac was really young he played a little Jewish boy in the play Fiddler on the Roof at Hale Center Theatre...but you didn't hear that from me...

This last weekend Matt, Lauren, Steve, Jess, Isaac and I all went to Midway to see the Ice Castles. You may be wondering what the picture below is, well this is just a taste of the fine art work we witnessed at Canton City. What is Canton City you may ask? Well it is just one of Midway's finest chinese cuisines. Oh yes, and although their menu and prices were very misleading, we did enjoy our experience there.

The ice castles were so cool, as in neat cool and FREEZING! But what else can you expect from ice castles? It really was amazing though.

The Whole gang

This Valentine's Day both Isaac and i worked the whole day, but I came home to a wonderful surprise. I know roses are very traditional but i loved them, along with my wonderful note that went with them.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Back Tracking

2011-02-07T21:09:00.001-08:00

So this happened over a month ago...but I thought I'd still blog about it. My Mom, Jess, Katie, Rachel and I all took a girls trip to Northern California to go visit family. Here is how it went...

Jess was very proud of her crazy packing skills in this small Winnie-the-Pooh children suitcase...
Not to bad, right?

Fun times at the airport...

Rachel getting patted down at security...we think she may be red listed...

This was one of our first stops when arriving in Orinda, Johnny's Doughnuts...otherwise known as Heaven.

There is a beautiful reservoir by my Grandma's house with a nice trail around it.

Fun walking...

Also on the walk, the Mecca of all play grounds...

They say it's only for children, but come on...let's be real...

The Con-Con...my cute little cousin

We had so much fun playing the Wii dance games and the X Box Kinect with the aunts uncles and cousins

Pooped after a day in the city...

On our last day we went to go visit our Grammy. She lives in Benicia, it's beautiful out there.
Check out this cool door...

Grammy is wonderful. I am so glad we got to spend time with her. She is such an amazing woman and it was so fun learning more about her past.

Here are a couple of pictures of Grammy's parents. Grammy's mother Didi was still alive when I was young, and although I don't remember much of her i know she was an amazing woman, just like Grammy.

(Cyndicy Quinn was her name...love it)

Shleding (3rd annual)

2011-02-05T08:00:00.000-08:00

The Crew

The Video

The Forerunners of Shleding

Fresh snow hot chocolate

Dreams

2011-01-23T17:47:00.000-08:00

I had a dream about these guys last night. It was quite odd, but also enjoyable. My family had been invited to a private concert by them and it was pretty groovy. They sang "Paperback Writer" "Tax Man" "Dear Prudence" and "She Loves You". I was really happy with this dream, and just wanted to share.

Side note: still need to get pictures up from Christmas....sorry!

Pictures from christmas to come soon!!!

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Wants...

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Do you believe in Santa Clause?

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Yes, I do believe in Santa Clause. One of my favorite things about Christmas is watching my little sisters get so excited, not only for getting gifts but giving them. The spirit of Christmas is wonderful and makes this time of year great!

Oh Bing, what would Christmas be without you...

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Christmas with Sheryl...

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So you may ask, "Who is this Sheryl you speak of"? Well I will tell you. This is Sheryl...

Sheryl is our Christmas tree. She's a wonderful little gal and adds to the Christmas spirit here at the Paulsen basement. She was delivered by some of the most wonderful girls...ever! These girls are my sisters. I am so lucky to have them, they are wonderful. You see, I was feeling very down about Christmas this year, and not really feeling like it was really Christmas. Isaac and I did not have a tree and it has just been so crazy this holiday season. Well I had a wonderful surprise on Saturday when Sarah, Jess and Rachel came to our door with none other than Sheryl singing this fine tune. They are quite talented.

(unfortunately I didn't record them at the door, but here is a good reenactment.)

I love my sisters!

This week our family went to see White Christmas at Pioneer Theatre...well at least we tried to. Long story short, they sold us the wrong tickets then blamed us and ended up giving us new tickets for separate shows. At least we all got to see it. It was really good and I loved all the music and dancing. Also, President Monson was at the play sitting just right of us. We went over and talked with him for a bit, he is such a sweet man.

Christmas time is wonderful! Merry Christmas!

So I'm a little behind....OK a lot

2010-12-15T08:24:00.001-08:00

OK, yes I am SO behind. It is kind of embarrassing, but I just finished my finals and I am feeling great. So here is an update from the middle of October...Oh and see this place....well we've moved! I get pictures up soon!

So in the middle of October for fall break we got to go up to Pullman, Washington to visit Isaac's brother Josh, his wife Amy and the kids. It was such a blast. We had so much fun visiting with them. Here are some pictures of the trip...

Here's our trip to Spokane, Washington...

OK this is just adorable

Best food ever...

Just a couple of guys having a chat...

OK, this is pretty EPIC...look closely...

Gorgeous...

Cute little Jane

I LOVED this building

So this was the coolest carousel(OK I hate spelling)

What's wrong with this picture?

We were car buddies

Delicious ice cream

Our last night Isaac and i made dinner and dessert, yummy brownies and hot fudge! Diddles definitely enjoyed this...

We loved going up to see Josh and Amy and the kids! Thanks guys for a fun time!

We made it!

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Yes, we made it a year! It is so insane to think it really has been a year, but I have loved every second of it! Thank goodness I fell in love with this boy 2 years ago because I don't know what I would do with out him!

For our one year we just took it easy and headed up to Park City. We had a delicious breakfast at the Eating Establishment, after we went to the flee market!

I want this hat!

I don't know what this is but it made us laugh...

Oh, and we went on the alpine slide AND the Alpine Coaster! It was a blast, I kind of freaked out on the coaster, it was high speed!

Yep, I was excited...

At the end of the day we cut our cake topper, just like a year ago, so romantic.

Side note...HALLOWEEN is coming! Probably my FAVORITE holiday, at least one of my favorites! Between the fall colors, the weather, pumpkin shakes, pumpkin patches, farmers markets and...CANDY!

My cute niece and nephew showed us their Incredible Hulk mask...so SPOOKY!

Oh ya, it GLOWS!

Happy Birthday Seeeeester!

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Bear Lake AND the State Fair

2010-09-14T21:06:00.000-07:00

Labor day weekend we went up to Bear Lake with our friends Steve and Jess Marcum, and my family. It was such a blast. We got a great early morning ski in, some good tubing, AMAZING sailing on the Hobie Cat, fun crazy mind games on the beach and yummy yummy shakes.

Gracie and Em came with us on the boat for our early morning water ski and as you can see they were both more than happy to be hangin' out with the big kids...

Here is Isaac on the wakeboard, never fails to impress...

This one hurt a little and caused a huge water intake...not fun...

This picture summarizes our tubing adventures...insane!

ah what a cute little girl...so deprived of attention...ha not, Gracie is wonderful and not short on attention...to say the least

Wonderful food at Cafe Sabor with wonderful friends, thanks Steve and Jess for a fun weekend!

Gracie's birthday was on Monday so we all went to the State Fair. This was our first time ever going, and it was quite the adventure, not to mention great people watching.

We got half of Dad in this one...

Ummmm ok, BIGGEST cow EVER! So big I couldn't fit in the picture!

Carnival fun with Dad and Isaac

OK these TWISTED TATERS were SOOOO good, very enjoyable.

Cute little Maddie on the GIANT tractor

Emily did NOT want us to take pictures of her...can you tell?

And don't forget the carnies! Gracie played one were you had to throw darts at the balloons and pop at least 2 out of 3....and she WON, 2 of 3! A lot better than I could have done, way to go Gracie girl!

What great form!

Love this!

And this is just true love if I've ever seen it...

How cute...love ya Mom and Dad

Seeeeeesters!

What a fun time!

Summer should never end

2010-08-26T10:08:00.001-07:00

We were so lucky to spend some time with Isaac's family after we got back from Tahoe. All the siblings were able to some in town and it was so fun to see everyone! We stayed up in Heber for a few days and got some good waterskiing in. The water was PERFECT glass. Unfortunately I am not a good photographer at all and so this picture does not show how amazing Isaac is at waterskiing, but just take my word for it...HE'S AMAZING!

Me trying to waterski...

After Heber we went up to Bear Lake, always a good time. I will post videos of Emily wakeboarding soon...

Then on Saturday (which happened to be my birthday) we came home from Bear lake, went to lunch at Baja Cantina, came home then went to CPK with the whole fam damily! It was a wonderful day, here are a few pictures...

Two peas in a pod...

What a fun summer!

Tahoe continued...

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Rock skipping competition! There were so many good rocks to skip so the whole family decided to have a rick skipping tournament. Isaac will never admit it, but he totally got creamed by my mom! I thought he would pull through, after all he made it to the finals and then sadly choked under pressure and lost to a girl, but I still love him madly.

Don't worry, I got a nice play by play...

Nice grip, good line up...

And good form! You only see this kind of technique in the big leagues.

Cute cousin Connor, or most commonly known as Con Con, man just look at that smile.

The men. Isaac doesn't look too happy, I think this was after he lost to my mom.

And us!

Now for the bike ride!

and us again...

My beautiful mom and I

Our last night there we went to Lanza's, it is always wonderful...

This is me patiently waiting to be seated, all totally worth it though.

Tahoe was incredible as it always is and I am already looking forward to next years trip! Thank you mom and dad for the fun get away!

The Whole Fam Damily at Tahoe

2010-08-21T08:20:00.000-07:00

So I am awful at blogging...but this post will make up for it, maybe. The whole family went to Lake Tahoe the last two weeks of July and we all had an absolute blast. Here's how it all went down...

WELCOME to the beach! Jessica was VERY happy to be on vacation.

This is Sand Harbor where we spent many days. We would come real early in order to save a spot on the beach...as you may see in the picture above I would sanction a large square of the beach for the family, so worth it. And look at the amazing clear water?!

And this is just my incredible husband, he is soooo good at wakeboarding.

Katie in her splints, just a week before we left for Tahoe she got hair line fractures in BOTH elbows in a long boarding accident! But that didn't stop her from having fun, she's is definitely hard core.

Alien sand sculpture? Don't ask...

Gracie and Isaac cruisin' on the paddle board

Weird sink in the middle of the woods...

Tahoe has some great rock climbing so we took advantage of it all...

Look how cool this rock is!

Katie is at one with the rock

This was a real fun climb called 90 foot wall

The whole crew

Ya that's right, my dad repels...he's that cool

This is the view from the top of the climb looking out on Emerald Bay...gorgeous.

More to come!

Just a peak of Tahoe...

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Don't they say a picture says a thousand words? Well this one says at least 2 or 3 thousand...enough said...

This is where we are right now...

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I am positive this is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and we are enjoying every second of it.

flipping through old photos...

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So I was going through old pictures and found some of these...

This is a valentine that my 6 year old sister Gracie got from one of her friends...I can't get over how adorable this is considering it was from her little 4 year old friend, love it

and speaking of love, I love this boy...he has been studying so hard lately for the MCAT. He is taking it next thursday...a WEEK from TODAY! I am so proud of him for working so hard!

forgive me for the randomness

guilty...

2010-07-01T18:47:00.000-07:00

Ok, I am coveting the new iPhone right now. This is so ridiculous because it is JUST a phone. But yes I am guilty, and I WANT one. I am sure I will live without it. But if anyone is willing to donate I will gladly accept...ok just kidding, but a girl can dream right?

Embarrassing Picture...

2010-06-16T22:33:00.001-07:00

I would like to thank Isaac for posting the MOST embarrassing picture of me ever...what can I say, I love him. To all of you out there, please disregard it and we can just pretend it NEVER happened. Thank you.

On a lighter note, Salt City Burger Company has a Facebook page. All the Facebookies out there should choose to ''like'' Salt City, after all, what is there to NOT like?

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Camping in the rain!

Megan had so much fun by the end of the night she was singing!

James Taylor said it best..."Oh Mexico"

2010-06-08T21:19:00.000-07:00

Isaac and I were lucky enough to be able to go to Puerto Vallarta with my grandma and her husband Bob. They were so nice to let us come. It was so great to have a break! Here are some of our pictures of our adventure...

This is our view outside were we stayed

This is in a little italian place down town

We made breakfast one morning and had pina colada french toast, it was fantastic!

Getting burned the first day of our vacation...not so great...and this picture does not do my burn justice

This is a catholic church in down town Puerta Vallarta. It was so beautiful all lit up at night

And here's a little door in the church that reminded me of Harry Potter...but then again Harry Potter IS always on my mind...

This is a cuban restaurant we went to, the only place in Puerto Vallarta that sold REAL cuban cigars...obviously this is what attracted me to the restaurant, just kidding, but they had live music which was cool

On our way to the flea market!

Love this boy

Unfortunately my computer is being VERY slow so I will have to bring you more pictures later!

Best sisters ever!

2010-04-07T06:40:00.001-07:00

So all my sisters are amazing and I learn so much from them every single day. What can I say, they are truly the BEST! My sister Katie recently got back from Cebu in the Philippines. She went there for Operation Smile, (http://www.operationsmile.org) for those of you who haven't heard of this organization, it is quite amazing and helps change children's lives all over the world. They help children with cleft lips and cleft palates. To sum up, on their web site the say "Healing children's smiles. Making the world a better place". Isaac and I would love to one day go on an Operation Smile mission, I am sure it would be an incredible experience. This organization is truly remarkable. Here are some pictures of Katie's adventure in the Philippines in Cebu.

(So the pictures are a bit large and some of them got cut off...sorry)

These kids are so incredibly cute! I love this organization and all that it stands for. It is something like this that gives me hope for society in such a troubled world. Katie you are awesome and I am so glad I have your wonderful caring example to follow after.

Fashion Show

2010-04-07T06:21:00.000-07:00

My sister Jess recently made a dress out of a Lamp Shade some Wall Paper and a Piece of Silk fabric. It is quite incredible, take a look...

Jess is incredible! There were 50 contestants and four awards were given and she WON one, not surprising though.

There is something about being warm and comfy...

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I am so excited for the warm weather and to be able to wear this...

and this...

Oh mother nature why do you torture me so...

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So we got to go up to snow basin thanks to Mike and Denice.

It was so much fun I have been trying skiing lately.. thats what happen when you marry into a family of die hard skiers. From From Meg's Grandmother, down to little Gracie they are all fantastic skiers!

Meg and I at the top of Needles Express

Skiing!

2010-03-03T22:00:00.000-08:00

So for Christmas my grandma Nancy and Bob got us two day passes to Snowbird!

It was so nice to get out for a day, away from work and school. It was my first time up for the season and i had a blast! Oh and Isaac tore it up on the mountain, especially in the park. I was too scared to do anything but Isaac convinced me to do the box...so I did! 4 times! Wahoooo. We stopped to get some lunch half way during the day, it was so delicious.

Thanks Grandma and Bob for a wonderful ski day!

Engagement pictures!

2010-03-03T21:04:00.000-08:00

So here they are. Jessica Kettle did all our pictures and we really love how they turned out. She is so incredibly talented.

I think this is one of my favorites

And just for the record...I am really bad at NOT smiling

Isaac's face in this is priceless

Albion Basin is incredible and I couldn't have asked for a better backdrop

Another unsuccessful NOT smile

I LOVE this boy

This is the cutest lodge/hotel and one day I WILL own it.

Honeymoon pictures...finally!

2010-02-24T07:25:00.001-08:00

So I just realized I haven't posted our honeymoon pictures so here it goes. Isaac and I went to Cannon Beach, Oregon probably one of my favorite place ever.We flew in earlier in the morning and drove from the Portland airport to beautiful Cannon Beach. It is about an hour drive through the most beautiful area in this glorious beauty...the new Subaru Forrester, loved it. We were very hungry as we pulled into Cannon Beach so we stopped of here for some real good food...I absolutely LOVE clam chowder so naturally I ordered it at every restaurant we went to. And it was absolutely delicious!After eating we walked around and did a little shopping. There was the neatest little shops all around, I especially loved the antique shops because they had some wonderful things. Also, there was the coolest hand made kites shop. Isaac just had to get one, they were so neat! How cool is this?!After looking around at the shops we headed over to the beach and ran into a friend on the way...
This is the view outside the little bed and breakfast we stayed in. Absolutely glorious.We loved walking on the beach and the haystack is quite amazing.That afternoon we took a nice drive on the coast and stopped at some of the overlooks... After our drive we then went to this log cabin looking restaurant, it was really cool, and the food wasn't too bad either. My favorite part was their hanging plants, check it out...
The picture is a bit dark but isn't this so cool?! So the next day we drove down south near Tillamook.The Oregon Coast in beautiful! Words simply cannot describe. As we drove down we got a little lost but much to Isaac's pleasure we found a hidden treasure...maybe not so hidden though because it was ginormous! This is an air museum that we found, it was used as a blimp hanger during WWII and now it holds some truly remarkable planes. We hadn't had breakfast so we ate in the little 50s diner inside the hanger.Isaac was like a little kid in a candy shop, just look at this face! Priceless.Isaac and I were literally the only ones in the entire museum! It was great though, in this giant hanger with only us all you could hear was the swank 50s music playing in the background, so cool.Amelia and I had some fun hangin' out...Isaac was so cute, and since he is a sponge and soaks up so much knowledge, he knew SO much about all the planes he was my tour guide and taught me so much.I love this boy.This place was humongous! The picture doesn't do it justice, but it was big!
After the Air Museum we headed over to Tillamook and went through the Tillamook Cheese factory.Oh ya, it was serious business. OK so it seems kind of stupid but we had a blast learning about cheese haaa. Oh and the ice cream...nothing like it! We loved driving along the coast. it is seriously the most gorgeous thing to have the beautiful green forest on one side and ocean on the other.The lighthouses were incredible. This lighthouse in particular was cool because it has the largest glass, reflector thingies in the world! They were imported from France in the early 1800s and the first one sunk to the bottom of the ocean on the way over but this on made it, how cool is that?! This is us inside the lighthouse...This next place was one of my favorites and I definitely wouldn't mind living here... So we were driving through this forresty coast and all the sudden ran into this..SAND DUNES! Isaac and I were so mad we didn't have four wheelers because this would have been a riot! The next day we got up early and drove out to Portland to go to the temple out there. It was gorgeous.After the temple we went to Multnomah Falls...And it is so much bigger in real life, pictures cannot capture the hugeness of this waterfall. Isaac and I hiked up to the top, it was very tiring but real fun...Our last day in Cannon Beach we visited the beach one last time. It was really fun because the tide was low so we could see all the tide pools and stuff. Isaac and I tried taking a picture and although we succeeded, we got hit by a wave and Isaac got all wet...
Before...After...this is me washing out Isaac's shoes, they were completely filled with sand.We had so much fun and did not want to leave this wonderful little place!

President's Day Weekend in Arizona!

2010-02-18T18:25:00.000-08:00

So this last weekend Isaac and I made the 10 hour drive down to warm Arizona. I was really enjoying the 76 degree weather, it was fantastic! Isaac's sister Cara and her husband Steve and new born adorable little baby Grace live in Glendale and they were all so nice to let us stay over with them. We had so much fun with them all! Little Gracie is so cute and we absolutely loved spending time with her. She's pretty cool...

Oh ya, she's one cool cat

We were also able to go rock climbing. Cara, Grace, Isaac and I hiked up and Isaac got the rope all ready at the top for us. Gracie was such a trooper on the hike and while we were climbing! Since I was either belaying for Isaac or attempting to climb so I didn't get pictures while we were climbing but here is a picture of where we were...

And this is looking down from where we were...

We had so much fun up there, but it was a very difficult climb, I believe it was rated as a 5.11 or 5.12, so needless to say, I wasn't able to make it too far off the ground but Isaac did it a couple times and had a blast!

On our way home from we were able to stop off at the Grand Canyon! Isaac and I have never seen the Grand Canyon before so we were both blown away when we saw this... and this...
and this...and this...?Oh he is just so cute. The Grand Canyon is SO amazing. Isaac and I would love to go back for more adventures!Oh and let's not forget...Coins CAN kill! It is not very visible but that is what the sign says. This of course only made Isaac curious, but no need to worry, I didn't let him throw ANY coins.OK so Isaac was just about ready to jump off at this point. I don't know if any of you have seen those flying squirrel jumpers, with the suits and they just jump off cliffs and glide through the air, but ever since we watched a thing on it on the Discovery channel he hasn't been able to get his mind off of the idea, so I had to keep a real close eye on him.Isaac and I had so much fun with Cara Steve and baby Grace and so much fun on our adventure to the Grand Canyon!

A love for lamps

2010-02-17T07:25:00.000-08:00

I was looking at a blog that I love and saw this......and instantly fell in love with everything...but especially these lovely lamps, I want one!
Courtesy of Dress, Design & Decor

2010-02-03T21:30:00.000-08:00

so we built another scouch for this season it is light agile and good to go

Oh Christmas tree

2009-12-23T07:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas time is upon us and it has been so much fun. Isaac and I are having a wonderful time this Christmas, but we are also keeping very busy. Luckily after Thanksgiving we got to take a little break for Isaac's birthday and got to stay up at the Park City Hotel and enjoy a wonderful dinner at Ruth's Chris.We were kind of blown away by how good the food was...really blown away

It was a wonderful break from school and work and a great way to celebrate Isaac's birthday. Unfortunately we had to go right back to work the next day but we were grateful for any break we could get.

We also just recently got our first Christmas tree!

Isaac spent so much time out in the cold chopping off the bottom of our tree so it would be fresh, I love him so much and he is so tough!

These are our few little tree ornaments...

Chris Kringle! From Santa Clause is Coming to Town the clay-mation! And yes Sachi they DO sing the song One Foot in Front of the Other! It is the truth!

This may just be my favorite one....yes...I think it is

Skiing reindeer, definitely a good one too

And this is not an ornament but rather something I would like to call finals...bleh

Another all nighter...

2009-12-09T23:38:00.000-08:00

This is me studying with only the small light of our Christmas tree...

Pathetic...right? But I am now listening to music from...

Also pathetic...ya, but whatever keeps me up and going will have to do....secretly I'm loving it though....the music, not staying up late doing homework.

ه اشفث شقشلاهؤ شىي هف هس اشقي

2009-12-08T20:15:00.000-08:00

So that doesn't actually mean anything but it leads me into why I even began writing this blog. So I have a portfolio due in my Arabic class on Thursday. The contents of the portfolio are as follows:

100-word essay about a famous person
150-word essay about a person who had a significant impact on my life
150-word essay describing a special place
3 Newspaper article reviews
3 Song reviews
One film review

ALL TYPED IN ARABIC!

So how must i type in Arabic on my computer one may ask?...Well this is the question of the century....OK maybe that was an exaggeration, but you get where I coming from here. I am going crazy, i finally found out how to type in Arabic on my computer but of course...the keys are all messed up and i don't know which ones are which and I am in a big conundrum here.

So thanks to my wonderful Arabic class I am seriously stressin'.

Ground

2009-12-05T18:07:00.000-08:00

So today at work (Salt City Burger Co.) the "Red Bull girls" came in and gave us all these free Red Bulls. I don't really enjoy red bull but it made me think of this SNL digital short...

Christmas Time!

2009-11-30T08:45:00.000-08:00

I have a bit of a confession. Much to my husband's dismay, I love watching the Today Show. Really I think it drives him crazy, but I just absolutely love it! But more than the Today Show I LOVE watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with the Today Show cast. It is the perfect way to begin the Thanksgiving Day.

What a wonderful event to bring people together. There is nothing more fun than sitting/or getting dinner ready with my family on Thanksgiving morning and watching the parade. This year I was able to share this with my wonderful husband too! It was wonderful.

Also this Thanksgiving I gutted my very first turkey....

And I didn't ruin it either!

I also helped my mom make apple pie, peach pie, and Pumpkin Cheese cake mmmmmmm so good. We even made our own crust!

Thanksgiving dinner was wonderful and tasted AMAZING!

Yummmm, so very tasty.

Also, at the restaurant (SCBC) we decorated the tree! The theme of the tree is Believe and We Believe in Santa Clause. It turned out so well. I reminds me of the movie Miracle on 34th Street when the companies are all saying that they believe in Santa...

This picture is not the best because I took it with my phone...

So you'll just have to come into the restaurant to check it out! i am so excited for this christmas season and I am so excited to share it with Isaac!

Best Birthday, Thanks to my Beautiful Roon

2009-11-28T21:04:00.000-08:00

Most Birthdays as I am sure you all know feel like there is a little to much focus on yourself. Well this birthday was sooooooo! much fun. Ok since Megs last post had a picture of the power of bower on there I will break down the day 24 style.

The following blog takes place between 7 A.M. and 11 P.M

7AM- I am looking at the back of my eyelids and Light!!!!!! I open my eyes and there is my Meg(nick name Roon) with PoPups( I like to call them PoPovers), I Love her she has brought me breakfast in bed!
8AM- I go back to sleep and Megan heads off to work for some crazy black Friday Jcrew style clothes selling day!
9AM-1PM I get up at go to the board game store for some crazy black friday board game selling!
1PM- Meg and I meet up for lunch at the family restaurant SuCasa in Midvale! mmmm I love the chimmy chaungas there. I look across I there is Meg so beautiful... she makes my day I love her so much.
2PM-6PM- I go over to Mom and Dad's chat it up go back to our place, watch the history channel, and do a little home work!
6PM- Meg and I Head off to go up to the Hotel park City. This being way out of our price range, Megan's manager Dave gave us a Gift Certificate for a night as a Wedding Present, he is a very kind and generous person.
7PM- We check into our room... jezzz it is so nice, and get some grub at Ruth Chris's Steak House!! Man alive I have never had a steak so good. It comes out on a 500 degree Plate! The room was great.... I learned what a European style triple head shower was! I think I would love to get one of those in our far off future home.
8PM-11PM We relax and head to bed I love all the amenities in the room, Bose speakers nice touch.

So meg was so kind and thoughtful to get me a bunch of warm clothes for the winter(Jcrew) of course... mmm they are warm. She is so thoughtful and I love her very much. She really dose just make my day when I come home and see her!..... washes my troubles away, I love spending time with her no matter what it is. We share so many laughs, tears, peace and quite. I love it all!
She really comes from an exceptional family, I am very luck to have married and gained so many great sisters, a Brilliant, and funny Father in law, and an unmatched Mother in law that is a model of a true Follower of Christ.
All of these attributes shine through Megan like light being spread into is many colors escaping a prism. I am just begining to see all of the wonderful Colors that Megan possess.

Megan I love you so much thank you for the wonderful birthday!
O ps her eyes are the BEST!...and the turls.

NSA here I come

2009-11-24T08:26:00.000-08:00

(I don't know why I put this up but you know...CTU NSA tomatoe tomAtoe)

So you guys probably already heard, but there will be a NSA building out near Camp Williams in a couple years or so....if I have my facts straight. Since I just happen to be studying Arabic this will hopefully work out real nice for me. The news came at the perfect time actually. I have recently been having some doubts about my line of study. This is the perfect motivation and little push though to get me going again. Someone must be looking out for me.

So WATCH OUT Jack Bauer cause here I come!

Can't Sleep

2009-11-24T03:18:00.001-08:00

So I finished both of my papers and of course, now that its almost 4:30 in the morning, I can't seem to fall asleep. So of course I went to jcrew.com. All I have to say is I love this coat so very much and I am kind of crazy about it...

How beautiful is this?! But seeing as it's not exactly a necessity and that I am most positive I will live without it, despite what I may think, all I can do is waste my time looking at it.

Back to the not being able to sleep thing, with Christmas coming up I couldn't help but think of one of my favorite movies. White Christmas with Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney. There is this one scene that is one of my favorites...

How romantic right?

Can't Wait for the Break

2009-11-24T00:48:00.000-08:00

It is very late right now and I am doing this...

(writing a paper)

when I should be doing this....

(sleeping)

and snuggling with this...(my wonderful husband....not the toothpick/marshmallow sculpture)

So very sad, but I can't wait till the break! That is one thing I am indeed VERY grateful for.

Things that make me happy

2009-11-19T14:45:00.001-08:00

Under this helmet is a very fun exciting intelligent kind thoughtful loving guy. His name is Isaac Stewart Quilter Paulsen....and he is my husband. Every day every minute every second he continues to make me happy, even when I am feeling so sad or mad or frustrated he comes along and fixes everything. I just love him so much and am so excited to share the upcoming holidays with him.

Ode to Jess

2009-11-19T14:04:00.000-08:00

So Jessica is up at Utah Sate and this Sunday she's coming home! Jess and I have so much fun together and constantly joke around with each other. Usually its pretty stupid and meaningless things that we joke about but we always find them so incredibly hilarious. I am excited to see her and spend a little time with her this thanksgiving break. It's gonna be great!

Thanksgiving before the Utah v. BYU game

This was done with Isaac Jess and I....so funny....but you may not think so

Ha ha silly girl, this one she took with my phone so that's why its kinda fuzzy

Christmas at Temple Square! Definitely our favorite time.

The Dentists....aka the Devil's advocate

2009-11-12T07:34:00.000-08:00

Open up! I know it is so cliche to say this, but I absolutely hate going to the dentist. I know I know you are probably thinking "ya well who does enjoy the dentist?" Remember the days when you were a kid and you'd go to the dentist and you got to watch a movie or play games while you sat in those horrible chairs? Yeah well those were the days. Then at least you could be distracted while the dentist is throwing an ice pic at your tooth. And not to mention it would block out the terrible grinding noise on your teeth...bleh, like fingernails on a chalk board. Well unfortunately the good ole days are over and I hate the dentist. I just had a tooth fixed this morning at 7 am (what a great way to wake up) and it's killing! Oh and did I mention the right side of my face is NUMB?! I tried drinking some water and needless to say....it did not work out. So thank you dentist, thank you for the numb face, sore mouth and the headache. Thank you so very much.

Best Husband Ever....and he's all mine

2009-11-08T21:52:00.000-08:00

All I have to say is that I am so lucky to have the most amazing thoughtful wonderful husband ever. I love him so very much and I am so grateful to have him in my life. We have so much fun together laughing and jokin' around, I just love him so very much! I LOVE you Isaac my one and only I...(that's his nickname....pronounced like eye....for anyone who may have been wondering...)!

Halloween

2009-11-08T18:47:00.000-08:00

So meg and I decided to carve some pumpkins centered around the rivalry between Mario and Bowser.For the great holiday that the good on Irish brought over once apon a time(Halloween). It was great fun, meg went trick or treating with her little sisters, I played a vampire at the hospital, it's a gig I do from time to time.

BOO!

Cannon Beach, Oregon...more pictures to come soon!

2009-10-20T10:40:00.000-07:00

Isaac and I just got back this last weekend from Cannon Beach, Oregon. It was a wonderful honeymoon full of adventures. We didn't want to come home...but considering we have no money, we thought it best to come back to school and work. Bummer. We lucked out with great weather and just had a blast. I will soon fill you all in with many pictures and details!

A little preview to the wedding...real little...

2009-10-11T11:05:00.000-07:00

Honeymoon time!

2009-10-11T10:43:00.000-07:00

So tomorrow we leave on our mystery honeymoon...well MY mystery honeymoon, I am beginning to realize that almost EVERYONE knows besides me where we are going. But I am very excited to find out. So we have been married now for two weeks and its been a very crazy two weeks, between moving in, organizing, running a marathon returning things oh and studying for midterms...let's just say we are VERY excited to have a week off.

I just actually wanted to thank every one who has helped us out this past month. Both of our families have been right there for us whenever we've needed help with out hesitation. Also Beverly Astin, wow that woman can really transform a room in 5 minutes. The night before the wedding she completely transformed our family room to look great and not to mention she did my hair and makeup at 4 in the morning before I went to the temple and was there all through the day to do touch ups, so thanks Beverly!

Grandma and Bob, thank you so much for the beautiful flower arrangements and Bob thank you for all the lights and work you did in the backyard. Wow, everything looked amazing! I owe ya guys big time.

And i know there were so many others who helped in the neighborhood, so thank you to you all!

2009-10-10T10:18:00.000-07:00

So I thought I would chip in my two cents to the blog,

First off we are married! It is official, we are very much in love and very busy getting settled, Meg and I came to a realization that life is always changing however and there will always be some "unsettledment".

Also It getting married wasent enough week ran the marathon a week after, with minimal tranning... heres a pick, I will refrane from posting pick of the wedding, so we can show some really good one fromt eh photographer.

Work, Wedding Plans and SICKNESS...oh dear...

2009-08-21T08:28:00.000-07:00

So all these wedding plans have proven to be much much more difficult than I would have thought. Especially when both Isaac and I work ALL THE TIME, at least it feels that way.

We both just recently figured out that Bear Lake has been bad luck for my immunity...or lack there of. I have come down with the common cold and have no voice what so ever! At least it isn't swine or CMV....one of which i recently had. But Isaac is working as hard as ever and we are both trying to get ready for classes coming up soon! We'll see how it goes, but wish us luck!

New Blog!

2009-08-05T08:55:00.000-07:00

Here's to our new blog. Isaac and I will be posting various things involving our upcoming wedding and much more to keep you all updated!