Finally...some snow!

We did not get any snow this year until Dec. 6th-crazy! We woke up Sunday morning and there was alittle snow on the ground...now it has not stopped since then.
Shawn is so excited. He loves snow, Brock and Shawn have been going crazy having to wait this long to go skiing.
The snow is here and we are excited-but it will be April soon enough and we will be anxiously waiting for all of the snow to melt away and for Spring to appear.

Our nephew is stronger than your nephew

This past Saturday Shawn and I drove up to Ogden area to go and watch our oldest nephew wrestle. I was shocked when we got to the high school for the tournament-I was expecting a little mat with a few little boys wrestling. It turns out wrestling is a pretty big deal in Northern Utah. There were 2 gyms full of hundreds of little boys ages 5-9 wrestling.
This is Corbins second year wrestling and he is amazing! It was fun to watch him. He has only lost 1 match in the last 2 years. He won all 3 matches that we saw him wrestle- he sure had one proud uncle!

Shawn and Hadley watching Corbin wrestle. Hadley will start wrestling next year.


Corbin on the mat waiting for his opponent to come back onto the mat to announce the winner. The little boy he was wrestling lost and ran off crying...so Corbin just stood there waiting for him to come back so they could raise his hand in the air signifying he won.

Corbin pinning his opponent

Proud Uncle Shawn with Corbin and his first place metal.

When I asked Corbin how he got so good at wrestling he said, "its because I am a Platt"

Shawn let me know that this was just going to be a glimpse into what our future is going to be like when we have little boys....now I wishing for all girls!

Thank you Corbin for letting us come and watch you wrestle-we had alot of fun, uncle Shawn says he is going to make sure you teach our little boys to wrestle as good as you someday!

The Blind Side

Shawn and I went on a date to the movies last night and we went to see, The Blind Side. What an amazing and inspiring movie. I recommend everyone go and see it!!! We both loved it!

Here are a few more things that we have been up to...
I bought some more material and am going to make another blanket-this time it is going to be a striped blanket. And I bought some flannel to make some flannel blankets and burp cloths.

I have also gotten all of my Christmas cards done-now all I need to do is buy the cute Christmas stamps at the post office and wait until December to send them all out.

-I have also found 2 Christmas music stations and I have been defiantly enjoying my Christmas music when I am driving

-In & Out just opened here in Provo and I am excited for a cheese burger with grilled onions and a chocolate shake....we are just waiting for the lines to go down a bit first

-I have found my Christmas dress all picked out and ordered-just waiting for that to arrive

-looking forward to a Platt Thanksgiving this year and will be heading up to Evanston soon

-and jealous that I am taking Brock to the airport today so he can spend a week in Oregon with the Family

My new hobby

I have a discovered a new hobby to keep me busy... I have started making blankets. So, far I have made 2 baby blankets-I have tried to make sure that both blankets can be used for either a boy or girl. I am not really that good at it yet but I am getting better with each row I sew. I dont have a baby yet-but when I do they will have lots of blankets to keep them warm.

Just another reason...

Yet just another reason that proves that I have some of the best friends and family there are. I got a knock on the door and standing there was a flower delivery lady with some bright and beautiful flowers just for me.
Thank you Bethany....they smell great!

Anniversary Inn

Shawn has been so busy with school, research, TAing and writing his science paper that I decided to surprise him with a fun weekend away. My friend Melissa has a hook up at the Anniversary Inn and so I called her up to see if we could get one of rooms for Friday night. Now the Anniversary Inn is a small hotel in Salt Lake that does all themed rooms. I told her to pick us out any room that was still available.
So, I packed our bags while Shawn was in studying and then told him I had a date planned and to get into the car.
We grabbed Hires for dinner and then checked into the hotel. We walked into, "Sultans Palace" it was great. Our bed was 6 feet high on the backs of 2 elephants, the room was all decked out and the bathroom was a dungeon with the shower and jetted tub having a huge dragon around it. It was a crazy room-but so fun. One of the best parts was that they had blinds on the windows that did not let any light into the room so we could sleep in all morning in total darkness. Our shower

Shawn on the bed

And Shawn with our breakfast in the morning.

Thanks Melissa for helping me put together this fun and relaxing night away.