February 26, 2009

A Shout Out to our Amazing Parents



Robin - My parents both went to BYU and studied in similar buildings but didn't meet until later when they both worked at a hospital in Salt Lake. My dad has his Bachelors in Microbiology and owns a microbiology business. He has been an extremely hard worker my entire life. He enjoys his family and gets very excited about going on vacations and planning outdoor activities with us. He is tremendously loving, spiritual, and kind. He is interested in gardening, farming, fishing, hiking, camping, boating, church, scouts, and also loves learning and studying. My mom has her Bachelors in Microbiology as well and worked as a Lab Technician until they had my oldest brother Ben and has been a full-time mom since. She has a very tender heart and is a compassionate, happy, thoughtful, beautiful person. She enjoys knitting, reading, gardening, dancing, swimming and taking care of her children and grandchildren.


Matt - Our parents are awesome; we have definitely been blessed with goodly parents. My dad has his MBA, Masters in Business Administration, and has worked as a banker all of his life. My mom received her Bachelors in English where she student-taught at Murray High School. They met at BYU and got married soon thereafter. A year later my brother Mike was born and my mom stayed at home to raise her new family. I would describe my parents as incredibly loving; they are a lot of fun and are very involved with all of their children and grandchildren. My mom is the glue that keeps us together; it would be hard to find a sweeter human being in the entire world. My dad is a very dedicated father, growing up he called me champ and never missed a single game of mine. They enjoy reading, listening to music, singing, creating new recipes for family dinner, serving in their church callings, exercising, and playing with their grandchildren.

February 17, 2009

Hobbies & Interests

Our common interests are certainly centered around spending time with family. We enjoy the simple pleasures in life-- going on walks together, singing songs together, playing board games, and pulling triple-fakie-covert-japans off some sick ski jump ;). You know, the normal stuff. We have been to Europe, Brazil, and Mexico (we went to Mexico together! but some day we'd love to go see the rest together too!) We simply love life.


Hobbies & Interests for Matt:

I enjoy playing. It really doesn't matter what it is; if it is somewhat of a challenge, I'll give it a try. I'll wake up before dawn (even when I don't have to) just to play a game of basketball or a round of golf with friends. I am fascinated by music and I love to play my guitar. I love to play with my daughter - we enjoy bundling up and going out to play in the snow, having tea (or milk I should say) parties up in her room, playing hide and seek, playing ball in the drive-way, and snuggling as I rock her to sleep at night. I love to play, joke, and tease with Robin. She, in my opinion, is absolutely hilarious to be around and not too shabby a prankster herself. I also love to read and really dig history and politics.


Hobbies & Interests for Robin:

My interests mostly revolve around being the best mommy I can be for our beautiful little girl. We enjoy all sorts of crafts, reading books, getting messy, building blanket forts, cooking, shopping, playing house, and singing/dancing together. In my free time, I love to create! I enjoy making jewelry, sewing quilts (and crocheting the edges of receiving blankets), scrap booking, re-creating things we find and love (on a budget), and decorating rooms in our home. I love spending any time I can get with my sweetheart. Whether we are going on a long walk, throwing Frisbees, yelling at a good basketball game, or just snuggling on the couch and talking, I am grateful for each moment that I spend with Matt. I love being outdoors. Each summer since childhood, our family vacations consisted of camping, boating, back-packing, fishing, renting RV's to travel cross country, house boating, etc. To this day, I love a good adventure. My favorite memories have been the time spent with my family. Matt and I are excited to take our children on exciting adventures and create the same wonderful childhood memories that we had, for them.