my midnight drive.

kimball was supposed to fly in on friday night at 11.

i was supposed to leave to pick him up from flying in on friday night at 10.

i got a call at 9 saying his connecting flight was delayed.

one more night without my husband?

i was sad :(

he would now be getting in around 1 am.

so..wait at home while he gets in at 1 and takes a taxi that will not only get him home super late

but cost an arm and a leg

or go get him myself..

in the snow....

so at 1210am i took off for slc.

the snow wasn't bad at all until about 20 minutes away

but those big trucks with the yellow lights that force everyone to slow down during storms came on the i-15 and saved me from looking like a fool going 15 under the speed limit.

i made it to the airport alive and drove home with my hubby :)

the snow was pretty bad on the way home but luckily kimball is a great snow driver

so happy to have a husband again :)

because i am blessed.

no more little miss arizona girl

prepare to be proud.

me, an arizona girl, has done the unthinkable

(now don't laugh..i'm truly proud)

kimball is out of town and we had a HUGE snow storm last night.

i, being spoiled, have never had to deal with snow.

so you can imagine my initial disdain when i found our car COVERED in snow

and our 30 foot driveway also, covered in snow!

so i got our "snow car kit" from the car and began to work.

then i got the shovel and shoveled the whole driveway.

40 minutes later i was backing up into bumper to bumper traffic on our street!

luckily someone was nice and stopped to let me in :)

miraculously, i found a close parking spot on campus!

i know it's silly but i was very proud of myself.

so here is the car halfway through the de-snowing process

(i didn't think to take a picture until i had already started,

but you can use your imagination)

i got to school just in time to miss my first class (even though i left half an hour early)

so i went to the bathroom to wipe off the smudges of mascara all over my eye lids

(don't you love it when snow does that?)

i couldn't help but take a couple *myspace* pictures while i was there.

like i said...i was proud of myself.

i especially love my fabulous 1960's coat

-special thanks to my mother for finding and tailoring this beautiful thing-

now that i'm looking at the outfit i'm realizing almost nothing of this was picked out by me..

beanie: my brother braden

coat, boots, shirt and bag: my mother

warm, adorable, fashionable gloves: my mother in law

cardigan (that you can't see): my husband

but i did pick out the pants (target for $13--rock on).

another fun fact- hair curls when it gets wet.

well at least mine does.

i had straightened my hair that morning but evidently that was a waste of my time

(don't get me wrong, i like my curly hair but it's not so beautiful when it's frizzy from snow and wind)

just a view from the jfsb :)

though the timing wasn't wonderful, i really do like snow

(sometimes.)

kimball gets home tonight (hurray!)

but my little adventure without him was fun and helped me to realize

i'm not a little arizona girl anymore :)

because i am blessed.

susan & courtney visit!

Susan and Courtney came to town!!

they say they came to check out campuses and go to the ballet

but we know why they were really here

they missed us.

and we missed them so we were glad they came!

There's a carl bloch exhibit in the MOA right now that is absolutely amazing

so naturally we took them there, but this is from a war exhibit just downstairs.

kimball and i have been twice now and both times he stood next to this poster with such pride.

my husband still doesn't know he's white.

this is potentially a long story so i'll shorten it up. there are these sculptures outside the moa

obviously we had to go check them out and because courtney is a ballerina extraordinaire

i made them pose with this one. kimball tried too..

this is a great summary of kimball and courtneys relationship.

complete goofs.

i'm so sad i didn't get any more pictures of us at the ballet or at dinner that night or at our apartment the next day! i don't know what was wrong with me, i must've been distracted with the hilarity that always accompanies any hicks family member :)

i love being a part of the hicks family and am so happy we got to spend a short weekend with them!!

because i am blessed.

oh, and we also introduced them to the provo bakery

susan now has somewhere other than the cotton shop to visit whenever in provo :)

happy {love} day!!

yay valentines day!

let us start from the beginning,

a very good place to begin :)

first thing in the morning i hid valentines all over the apartment for kimball to find while i was at school

*cheesy but completely valentines day appropriate*

when i got home from school this array of v-day beautifulness was awaiting! (flowers,kisses, cider,

red vines and the sweetest card ever written)

i always make him take a billion pictures, he's a good sport

non-alcoholic...don't you worry ;)

just a few of the cards i made (he still hasn't found them all)

by far the best valentines day i've ever had.

i love my husband so much and feel so blessed to have married such a sweetheart

because i am blessed.

p.s. how great are my earrings!? i have the best mother-in-law ever :)thank you susan!!

honeymooners part one: mexico

yay honeymoon!! okay, so first and foremost i need to tell you about our friend jose...okay so i don't really know his name but he was a great guitar player and really made our mexico experience memorable.

so the tour begins!

just beautiful.

our next friend (i wont pretend to know his name)

this friend was searching for starfish!! i wish i could've helped him but he was too far down :(

waiting for the famous la bufadora to blow!

we're super mature....still waiting

i'm just gonna give myself a super big pat on the back for this editing job

the women who took this picture did a less than satisfactory job but after much time with my friend photoshop

i was able to make it somewhat presentable! yay!

welcome to mexico :]

welcome to mexico....hahahah i love my husband and his love for dirty food.

"if they have a place to wash your hands you know it's okay...not that anyone washes their hands.."

out of all the animals that they can make they did an elephant!! just for me :)

love him.

golfing in 50mph wind is not the easiest thing in the world...

but we sure look cute trying!

this was our attempt to take a picture with the tail of the carnival ship. obviously it didn't go over very well

but we had to try!

i love my husband :)

because i am blessed.

honeymooners part two: vegas

we decided to split our trip back to utah in two days so we didn't die on the road.

and we found EXTREMELY cheap rates months before so it was sort of a fun continuation of our honeymoon :)

we finally arrived in vegas around 11 and got settled in

we decided we were pretty tired but wanted to go see the belagio fountain show

so this is us starting our journey across the stripe to the belagio.

we stayed at the luxor so it was a long walk after traveling all day long

view when looking out from the front doors of the belagio.

i know vegas is totally flashy and can be sort of overwhelming but how breath taking is this?

the belagio.

finally arriving at our destination we were worried the fountain was asleep for the night

but as we were walking in the hotel we were startled with this stunning display of lights, water and music :)

so happy we were able to take this little detour and continue our honeymoon all the way home!

(we took a taxi back to the luxor with the weirdest man...but that's another story)

despite the cold weather and "interesting" people we had an amazing time and loved our first few days together as husband and wife.

because i am blessed.

provos little secret.

okay so it's not really a secret but kimball and i happened upon the provo bakery yesterday.

i died.

i love donuts and anything that is in the category of baked goods.

we also ordered bread bowls at

39cents each.

just had to brag and express my love.i know i promised honeymoon pictures but i'm sure you understand :]

because i am blessed.