Blue White Game

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I finally got to see Matthew play basketball! Last Wednesday was the Cougar Tipoff...it's pretty much a scrimage, they split up the BYU team and they play each other, it's the first time for the fans and the media to see how the players are doing. I was pretty anxious for the game...Matthew wasn't sure what kind of playing time he'd get and really what to expect at all. We had a player's wives luncheon and they talked a lot about supporting our husbands, especially when they have a bad game, or when things are especially stressful...so, with Matthew being unsure about how the game would go I was feeling an intense mix of emotionsI told my Mom that all day I felt like I was going to wet my pants! (I think I get that from her)...and what I would say if things didn't go well. Luckily, that was not the case! He played great, the best part was seeing how intensely he played, he was SO into the game! We had a little (well not little, it was huge!) cheer section for Matthew. Chelsea and Dan came with Logan (and they were all wearing their BYU shirts, it was so cute!) Jon and Emma came, Emma was of course wearing her BYU cheerleading uniform and then a lot of Matthew's family came. His Dad and Mom were there, all his little sibblings and Breanna and Todd with their kids. When Matthew was introduced on to the court Chelsea started crying, which was pretty funny, but very sweet...and just so like Chelsea! When I saw that Matthew was about to go into the game my heart was beating SO fast! Not that long after he went in he scored his first 3 pointer...I jumped out of my seat and started cheering (luckily it wasn't just me who jumped up!) It was awesome, I could tell he was getting more and more confident being out there. He ended up playing a huge portion of the game. In the second half he scored two more 3 pointers in a row and had an awesome steal. He played defense really well (his Dad told me that, I'm not good enough to tell that yet) and was aggressive with his offense. He wasn't fouled at all, thank heavens, because I would have had to go find whoever fouled him after the game to chat with him about playing nicer (oh my gosh, Matthew would KILL me if I did that!). His family was so happy to see him play again...it has been like 4 years since he played in a game...we're very lucky to have our families so close and so supportive. It was great hearing about what the media had to say about Matthew the next day, my favorite quote was in a newspaper (I can't remember which one!) who said the surprise performance of the evening was Pinegar, who did awesome...or something like that. There were even some posts on a website about people liking his hair...Chels, you could get some business out of this! It was great to see him play...for the last year it's been such a huge part of our life, but I haven't actually gotten to see it...I was very proud of him, he has worked hard to get where he is, and it definitely shows! We both came home pretty beat, but we stayed up until almost midnight, we were a little wound up! His next game is Thursday at 7pm at the Marriot Center. Let me know if you want to come, we can try to get you a ticket to sit next to everyone!

These are some pictures of the game...Matthew runs around so fast it's hard to take a good picture of him!

Anna and Emma Sleepover!

I promised Anna, Matthew's youngest sister, and Emma that they could come have a sleepover at our house. The girls were thrilled to come over! Matthew and I were a little nervous about entertaining them all night, but it was pretty easy. We went to Magleby's Fresh for dinner and of course got chocolate cake...the little girls pretty much inhaled it, I had to stop Matthew from trying to steal the plate away! We went to and rented a Hannah Montana movie and headed home for them to do a fashion show with all my dress up clothes. The fashion show lasted almost 2 hours. Their dressing room was behind our kitchen island, each time they were ready to present their outfits Matthew and I would have to clap and make a total fuss about their new creations...Matthew got a little tired at the end, I was having to wake him up each time they came out! They had snacks and treats and finally at about 11 we all laid on the couch together...I had a little bed for them made up on the floor, but they wanted to lay by Matthew and I. The girls kept asking if they had to go to bed, but I told them it was a sleepover and they could stay up as late as they wanted! Emma turned to me and said, "You're the best aunt, we're going to stay up all night!" I cleverly put a movie on and sometime between 11:30 and 12 they fell asleep. Apparently Matthew wasn't comfortable, so he got on the floor and I woke up at 2am sandwiched in between the girls...Anna was curled up around my head and Emma was laying halfway on top of me. Matthew got them upstairs and tucked in (luckily they were okay sleeping in our guest bedroom, I was worried that all 4 of us were going to squish into our bed!). It was so fun having them over for the night...they came in and woke us up at 7am the next morning and said they had a surprise for us, and they'd come get us in a little bit to show us. I was slightly concerned what they had done downstairs, but I was so exhausted I fell right back to sleep. They came back up 45 minutes later, when we went downstairs they had taken all my dress up clothes and laid each of them out separately all around our downstairs...needless to say, it looked like a bomb had dropped in our living room! They were so cute though, they told me they had laid them out so that you could coordinate the outfits easier...and I was so proud! There hasn't been another sleepover again, but next is the little boys, and I'm thinking I should stay somewhere else that night!

3 Months, Can You Believe It?!

Matthew and I are still celebrating each month...we're doing it until we eat all of our wedding cake! These pictures are from our 3 month anniversary...We have lots of fun going out on a special date and coming home and eating some cake...we went to a new restaurant called La Vigna out in American Fork...it was pretty good, but more than the food it was just nice to go out. I love eating the cake at home too because I use different dishes each month...we got lots of darling dessert plates and I love using them! It looks like we take the same picture, but it's kind of hard just having the two of us, pictures are a little difficult to take!

BYU Football Game

Last Saturday the basketball team was introduced at halftime at the BYU football game! When they introduced Matthew I stood up and cheered SO loud for him! I was so excited! He looked pretty cute up on the big screen! This Wednesday is the Cougar Tip Off...It's at the Marriot Center at 7pm...let me know if you can come, I'm saving seats for Matthew's cheer section! I asked Matthew if I could start a tradition for him and have everyone do "snaps for Matthew" when he goes out on the court...he said no, but I think we could give it a try! Come support him on Wednesday night, I want him to be able to hear us from the stands...GO MATTHEW!!! (And the whole BYU team too!)

PS...this is a picture of us at the game (duh!)...we got great seats, as JT took the picture they scored a touchdown! It's hard to see, but the other one is of Matthew up on the big screen, he was so cute I wanted to start yelling that he's taken!

UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE!

So I have been slacking big time with the posting...who knew married life would be this crazy?! Between school and studying and the never ending basketball practicing we are going non-stop! Well and the constant trips to the grocery store take up quite a bit of time as well. Matthew is getting into the conditioning part of practice and comes home exhausted and starving every night. He goes through a gallon of milk almost every other day, not including the and last week we threw out 7 boxes of cereal...yes 7, I didn't know one person could consume that much cereal. He eats half a watermelon for a snack, usually 2 cups of greek yogurt (which is insanely overpriced), sandwiches with cream cheese, ranch, bbq sauce, 4 slices of chese and a half pound of meat...seriously, and lots of vegetables. He drinks protein shakes with at least a quarter cup of peanut butter once or twice a day, a pb&j sandwich, if not two, oh, and his new thing is honey, and he goes through one bottle a week. He goes through about 2 dozen eggs a week (I eat them too though)...he even puts eggs in his spaghetti for the extra calories and protein. For breakfast every morning he has two or three pieces of french toast with peanut butter and syrup, 4 pieces of bacon and around 3 or 4 scrambled eggs and then maybe a couple eggo waffles with peanut butter, jelly and whipped cream on top...and he has lost weight this week. I am in constant awe watching him eat, it's almost sad because he said he has to keep eating just to feel like he's eaten enough calories! Either way, it seems to be working, he was able to run a personal best mile, he came in in 4 minutes and 56 seconds, a nice 35 seconds before anyone else. I have been so proud of how hard he works, we're getting very anxious for the season! I wanted to just put a few pictures on of some fun things we've been doing...

COUPLES MEXICAN TRAIN NIGHT

We had a couple of Matthew's teammates over with their wives to play mexican train and have pizza. We had so much fun! It was a little crowded with two guys over 6'10" sitting at our little table, but we made it work! Chris and Matthew are horribly competitive, it is beyond comical to watch...it was pretty funny to watch James end up taking the win right at the end, although I was worried dominoes were going to start flying! Chris and James' wives are really sweet and so fun to hang out with!

2 MONTH ANNIVERSARY
So it's definitely cheesy, but we've been celebrating our wedding anniversary...mostly it's just an excuse to take turns planning a fun little date night. When we get home we usually eat a slice of our frozen wedding cake...it surprisingly still tastes really good. For our 2 month anniversary Matthew planned for us to go to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens and walk around, it was so pretty and we had such a good time! It was very peaceful and about halfway through we got kind of bored so we started doing cartwheels and running around on the grass, I'm not sure, but they may frown upon that. It smelled amazing and the waterfalls were pretty cool, they are the largest man made waterfalls in the western hemisphere...it really made us want to see the world's biggest man made waterfalls!! Matthew bought me a hot pink tennis racket, we've been enjoying playing together in our spare time...Matthew is patient and is teaching me how to play...I have some great pictures of it, but they're on our other camera and we have somehow misplaced the cord to it!!





BABYSITTING THE SOPHSTERS
Matthew and I got to babysit Sophie last friday night for a little bit while Mandy and Jon went out to dinner. She is at such a fun age! She just sat on the couch eating cheerios talking to us...she especially like sitting at the dinner table with us while we ate, she was able to hide under the table and then jump out at us. Matthew loves feeding Sophie, and Sophie likes to eat as often as Matthew does, so they work well together. I thought these pictures were so cute of Soph, she gets so excited when we take pictures of her! It's great having nieces and a nephew so close, I'm working hard to become the favorite auntie, I've gotten Soph to say my name! We love getting to babysit, it's so fun getting them completely wound up and then sending them home with their parents!




MINIATURE GOLFING
We went miniature golfing a couple weekends ago with some of Matthew's teammates...we had a blast golfing, it was super windy which made it pretty hard, but we were both able to get at least one hole-in-one. We also got to race go karts and go to the batting cages. So our date night turned into a little competition for Chris and Matthew. It is pretty fun to watch them tease each other and get totally into winning...it's all in good fun, it's like they suddenly revert back to 4th graders! Matthew won miniature golfing which meant that Chris was determined to beat him in the go kart race. While we were waiting in line Chris turned to Matthew and asked, "how do we keep score at the batting cages?"...I started laughing until I realized they were completely serious, they were thinking of a way to keep score! Luckily the idea of ice cream beat out another competition and I think they ended the night tied, I'm sure Matthew would say he won both, but for Ashley's and my sake we try to always make it so they tie! They've been friends forever and I don't think this will ever go away, they'll be 90 and still finding ways to compete with each other! We were able to go to Red Mango (our favorite new little treat place!!) with them last week and had so much fun just chatting and relaxing...the boys were so tired from practice that they didn't find anything to compete about!





I have some classic pictures of a family home evening Matthew and I had up the canyon, Matthew decided I was going to learn how to play frisbee and it ended up being a great picture moment...I also have some pictures from dog sitting Chelsea's little chihuahua...Matthew and her bonded and were pretty much inseparable! I love you all and look forward to chatting and looking at your blogs! Hope everything is going great!

Friday Night Date!

Friday night Matthew and I had our date night...we went to Bajio for dinner (it's one of my favorites!) and then Matthew asked me if i wanted to take a little drive to get some ice cream, he knew the best place to get it. We took his car out and the weather was perfect to drive with the top off! He wants to sell his car, but I am kind of stalling, it's so fun and cute (he would not be happy if he heard me call it cute)! We started driving up the canyon when he mentioned that this incredible ice cream place was a little out of the way...we drove all the way to Heber to find that the place closed at 9...we just barely missed it! Matthew highly recommends this place if you happen to be in Heber...and trust me, he knows ice cream!

This wasn't a huge deal though...Matthew knows where every good ice cream place is...no matter where he is he'll be able to find somewhere to get his fix! There was another little place a few blocks up...it was a cute little drive thru that had the best shakes...I got a cheesecake brownie one that was amazing and Matthew got a raspberry one, he was pretty distraught that mine was better than his...so he ate mostly all of mine.

After we left we pulled over so Matthew could eat a little before he started driving home...we heard fireworks going off and I got so excited, I love watching fireworks! We drove down a little street and found the field where they were setting them off...we had front row seats for an amazing show...I couldn't believe little Heber put on that great of a show! Matthew said he had planned it all, but I think we were just lucky he wanted ice cream up in Heber! It was lots of fun to sit in his car and watch the show as we ate our ice cream...the weather was perfect up there! Matthew had lots of fun driving up and down the canyon...I only had to tell him to slow down a few times, he said his car can only drive fast, but after getting 4 or 5 tickets this year I told him his car needed to learn how to take it a bit slower.

We are loving being married, it's so fun to go out and get to come home together! We're feeling a bit more settled, we have an entertainment center and bookshelf, but still no kitchen table or barstools, so we've been eating picnic style. I'm having a hard time picking one out, I see lots I like, but just can't seem to make a final decision...Matthew has finally just said to pick one out, he doesn't care anymore! I'm still surprised everyday with how much Matthew eats...he at 4 waffles and 2 huge bowls of cereal for breakfast yesterday and was hungry again an hour later! Grocery shopping is much more frequent than when I was single and could go once a month. Matthew has been practicing a ton...he goes to shoot about two hours before practice and then does weight lifting, running and then playing, so altogether he's practicing about 6 hours a day! I'm guess it's not a huge surprise how much he eats! I'm proud of how hard he's working...I know it must be hard, he comes home pretty beat! I'm starting my new job sometime this week, but haven't heard my official job title, I'll have to post about it as soon as I know, but it sounds pretty promising! I got my new church calling today, I'm on the enrichment committee...I'm pretty excited and have a couple of ideas that I think would be really fun! My visiting teaching companion is really cute, we're having a lot of fun making new friends in our ward...we have two relief societies and there are I think 6 girls who are pregnant and due between now and October just in my group! Needless to say it's a pretty noisy ward, but we're having a really good time!

Savannah Sleeps Over!

Matthew and I promised his little sister Savannah that she could be the first one to come sleep over at our house. She is eleven and getting ready to start 6th grade this fall. She came over last wednesday night and we had tons of fun! We played a pretty long game of phase 10 (which I won, much to Matthew's dismay!) until almost 11...at close to midnight she got a little hungry so we went to Wendy's and to Albertson's to get a redbox dvd...I don't know if she was actually hungry or just thought it'd be fun to go out at midnight! I told he we would take her toilet papering, but Matthew told me that may not be the most responsible thing to do! We rented Nancy Drew and all fell asleep watching it on the couch...at two I woke up to hear both Matthew and Savannah snoring on both sides of me. She was pretty exhausted so Matthew had to all but carry her upstairs...the next morning she didn't even remember us waking her up! (I felt a little bad, I think we wore her out!) The next morning Matthew made he and Savannah a big breakfast, they had french toast, eggs and bacon...we had fun using our skillet for the first time! Matthew was going to his Mom's to shoot basketball at her house and told Savannah to get ready to go home, but she wasn't ready to go yet...She ended up staying until 6pm that night! She helped me babysit Emma and Sophie for a little bit (the girls LOVED her, I think Mandy and Jon found the perfect babysitter!) and then we watched the rest of Nancy Drew, which was the cutest movie! We got to talk lots and she enjoyed watching all the episodes of Shark Week that we had recorded. I was a little nervous that she wasn't going to have fun with us or that she wouldn't enjoy herself but I think we all had a blast! She is such a cute girl and reminds me a lot of Matthew...it's nice for him to get to spend some quality time with each of his younger siblings, it's really sweet to watch them together, they all adore him! We saw her tonight and she told us she wants to come over again soon, I was so relieved to hear she had a good time too! I think I was exhausted at this point in this picture, I forgot how tiring sleepovers are! I promised Emma and Anna, Matthew's 6 year old sister that they could come have a sleepover together this week...I'm not sure how we're going to handle two at the same time! When Isaac, Matthew's 8 year old brother, found out about the girls coming over he thought that he and Noah, Matthew's nephew, needed to come have a sleepover too! I'm not sure what I'm going to find to entertain two 8 year old boys, but i'm a bit nervous!