Remember when we got married?

Due to the very busy life of me and my photographer, this post is a little late... but I thought it might be a good idea to post some of my favorite pictures from the best day of my life!

Happy 2 months!

I know… I’ve almost been married from 3 months, but I can’t let any more time go by without mentioning the great trip Brian and I took to St. George a couple of weekends ago around our 2 months anniversary.  One of our newsroom friends won tickets to a show at Tuacahn. It was a great excuse for some newsroom friends to get away.  We just went down for a weekend, but it was GREAT!  It was sunny and warm and none of us had to worry about school…. except for the fact that when we all get together we can’t talk about anything but the newsroom…. but I claim that’s due to the fact that we all love what we do so much. 

Some of the best people I've ever met

They were going crazy climbing all over the place

We're just so silly!

Anyways…. the wonderful Natalie Tripp had only one 4 tickets to the show so Brian and I decided to go to the temple that night instead of the show.  It was a wonderful experience inside one of the oldest and most interesting temples ever.  It was so beautiful and I loved being there with Brian.

We spent most of the rest of the time just relaxing, swimming and golfing thanks to Lauren Christensen’s amazing generousity… her parents let us stay at their vacation house down there. FANTASTIC!

Brian and I left a little later on Sunday morning and took a detour home.  I had gone to this beautiful overlook called Cedar Breaks several years before and I knew Brian would love it because he likes nature and pretty things like that…. I was right… he liked it.

Plus we got to stop and get these pictures…. priceless… need I say more?

Happy LATE 2 months!

LIVE.....

Here we are.... at the Utah Republican headquarters on Election Night 2010.  The Election class I'm in has me stationed as the ONLY FIELD PRODUCER as this event.  My lovely husband is assisting me with camera work and we have the ability AS A UNIVERSITY to go live from this event.  I'm so excited.  The rush.  The adrenaline.  And since we're producing for the KBYU/Utah Colleges Exit Poll... The SECRETS!  Oh I have so much I want to say right now.... but got to go!  I've got Republicans to talk to.  WATCH US TONIGHT on KBYU channel 11 where you'll see our wonderful, amazing, spectacular coverage of this exciting race!

Guest Blogger

Hi all, this is a guest blogger popping in, only because Brian and Beth left themselves signed in on a newsroom computer (such a newbie move for such a veteran news couple). But if they were here, they would tell you that Natalie Tripp is possibly THE coolest person that they have ever known and that you should all come see her in BYU's production of Romeo and Juliet, because watching her do the weather on the ElevenNEWS at noon is not enough Natalie in your life. Also, you can check out her blog at ntripp.blogspot.com to read about Beth and Brian's latest adventure down south because let's face it- in the newsroom, we're all so incredibly good looking that it just gets overwhelming and we all need to escape the stress of being so amazing.

Love you all!
Natalie aka the next big thing

This is me being incredibly good looking, and yes boys I am single ;)

So little time....

WHEW!!!  Work, school and more work has made us so busy.  I can't believe everything that we've been doing.  I don't believe that there really are 24 hours in the day.  Anyways.... I don't think ya'll want to read me venting about my life.... oh wait.... isn't this blog about me?  Oh, ok... well then I'll vent away.

It's a darn good thing that Brian and I are in the same major or we literally would not see each other.  ElevenNews consumes our life!

We both love it though.  Ya'll should make sure to watch KBYU channel 11 on Thursdays and noon to see Brian's handsome face anchor the sports.  He also got to anchor our all new, all sports show that takes place of our Friday newscast.  I'm the technical director on Friday so I'm the one the changes all the cameras and implents all of the graphic and video elements into the show.... DON'T WORRY!  I don't have to make or edit them, I just make sure they appear at the right time throughout the show. It's a blast and so intense... I live for the adrenaline.

I've also been involved in a production for the Marriott School of Management.  I work closely with the graduate finance students to produce and daily 5-minute webcast called Morning Market Call in which they interview professionals and other students about things concerning the economy and finance spectrum.  Here is an example of one of the shows we did last week. (Thanks to Brian for creating the AMAZING intro and tag video.  Recognize the voice at the end?)



It is a very great opportunity for me and I'm learning alot.... and so is Brian.  He is such a great help with everything and loves learning how to do stuff along side me.  OH.... I almost forgot the most important part... go ahead and hit up MMC by visiting their website. And the best part?

 

I get to meet cool, famous people and let them take pictures with me... oh ya... be jealous!

My supervisor job at Brick Oven is great.  I love being in charge (shocker) and Brian loves the meal card from which we get free food.

So pretty much life is awesome.  I guess having limited time with my honey makes me appreciate more the times that I am with him.  He takes such great care of me and I love how he is learning about all my different health issues and learning how to manage them.  Life is crazy? Yes.... but Life is Good!

Love/Hate

Last night while driving I had an epiphany of sorts. I say of sorts because usually an epiphany concerns subject matter that is a little deeper than the thought I had last night but I still had an interesting thought. The thought was for a funny idea I had that is to make a list of things that I love but that sometimes have very unappealing qualities. Hence, Love/Hate.

I love roundabouts. They make life so much easier and make traffic flow on smaller side streets much more efficient. No more stopping at a stop sign even when there isn't a car anywhere to be seen. They are everything I like about modern science: Smooth, economical, efficient. It might only cut off 5 seconds of my daily commute but it's the little things that make life what it is. It's amazing.

I hate roundabouts when people don't know how to use them. You pull up, you yield to the oncoming traffic and then they stop to let you in. Could there be anything more annoying. You sit there and you do the little dance. We all know what I'm talking about. The one where you're like, me, no you, no me, no you each creeping an inch further at a time (always at the same time causing even more confusion). And not only is it annoying it is also quite dangerous. It also stops the flow of traffic and then I think to myself, why can't they just put in a stop sign.

From Mrs. Grimmett…. :)

Wow…. It has been quite a long time hasn't it? Oh so much has happened since the last time I posted. I'm so sorry about the neglect, but come on…. Ya'll can understand I've been a little busy right? Ok… well, as long as I'm here I might as well re-cap what has been happening lately.

I guess I'll just start where I left off. Brian and I hopped on a plane down to Texas on July 28^th. We tried to catch a morning flight, but since we were on standby we didn't get anything until about 5. We were ok though because all that mattered was that we got out there. I spent most of Thursday with the girls in his family. It was nice to spend time getting to know them since it will probably be a while until we're able to see them again. Brian showed me around the Dallas/Fort Worth area on Friday and that night, since his ENTIRE FAMILY was able to be there we took a couple quick family photos. The kids were so funny. With that many it was REALLY hard to get them all to sit still. This was the best shot I could get… good thing I wasn't the photographer.

My parents got to Dallas safely and Saturday we had a wonderfiul reception! Brian's mom is like super-woman and she put the whole thing on herself. She made all the food, did the decorating, and organized the whole event. I wish I would have taken pictures, but I was a little busy talking to the 10,000 people that showed up! Oh my goodness.... It was so cool to feel all the support from these people I had never met. What an amazing night.

I wish the trip would have ended better than it did. Brian and I were unable to catch a flight home on Sunday and everything was booked for a while and so we ended up driving up to Utah which was TOTALLY unexpected and kinda a pain, but it made for quite the adventure.

Wedding plans wrapped up quite nicely the week up to THE DAY. Our plan was to have everything done by the time all of my siblings got up to Utah so that we could just enjoy the time with them. So when the Saturday before the wedding rolled around, we were basically done. My oldest brother Joe joined us on Saturday and we spent the day with his family at a really fun park in Salt Lake. Its that park that has the Ferris Wheel from the movie "Charlie." It was a lot of fun and was good time for Brian to bond with my family that he had never met before.

After that I couldn't really tell you what happened. I know we went to church on Sunday. I know I went to my sister's baby shower. And I know I met Brian's grandparents and spent a wonderful lunch with them…. But you know, other than that, those last couple days are just a haze.

WEDDING DAY:
I'm probably just baised, but I seemed to have the most perfect wedding. The ceremony wasn't until 1 and so I had plenty of time in the morning to get ready and take my time. The sealing was just beautiful. A family friend performed it and he did such a great job. I bawled…. So did my mom…. So did Brian's mom…. So did Brian. It was wonderful.

(I wish I had wedding pictures back already, but you'll just have to imagine the most perfect day ever and that's what it was like.)

I won't go into much detail about the rest of the day but just know it was amazing. We ate great food, danced to fun music, and talked with so many wonderful family members. Thanks again to everyone for your support!!

Brian and I spent the next couple of days just relaxing and enjoying being with each other. We ate at some super delicious restaurants in Salt Lake and Park City. Brian got to experience Lagoon for the first time. He also was a first-time Alpine Slider as well. It was a blast and I'm already wishing we could go back to just hanging out with each other constantly without having the real world crushing down on us.

I'm so grateful that we got married a couple weeks before school started. Even though work started back up for us pretty quicikly, we both had lots of time to settle in to our house. It's adorable and I love being here with Brian.

I'm so grateful that I had a mom that did such a great job of teaching me how to run a household. I am FAR from perfecting that skill, but I actually have found that I LIKE cleaning my house and getting it looking good. I love when I have time to make dinner for my honey and that I can do that without burning the house down…. So…. THANKS MOM!

So here we are now. Life is back to normal and school has started as well. Labor day was nice because neither of us had to work. We got up in the morning and went to hike the "Y" with my sister Amy and her family. It was a lot of fun and I'm so grateful for my understand husband who lets me rest when my asthma can't take it anymore. He's the best.

Well, folks…. I think that's about it. Phew… I'm glad I got all of that out. Now let's see if I can pump out a post once a week now that school has started. :)