One year...

Besides being my favorite holiday, February 2nd is also our wedding anniversary. Its amazing to think that we have been married for a year now. I've never really been one to have that sensation of time passing quickly or slowly, but it does seem like the past year has gone faster than usual. I guess that means we're having fun. 

Since the 2nd was a Saturday, we decided to celebrate our anniversary on Friday evening to avoid staying out too late and being late for church on Sunday. We decided to go to dinner at The Melting Pot. For those who don't know, the Melting Pot is a fondue restaurant. Amy and I love fondue, so ever since Amy found out about the restaurant, she's wanted to go. I've wanted to go also, but had heard it was kind of expensive. We decided that we could afford one nice dinner a year and made reservations. We stayed downtown in a hotel Friday night to make the whole experience a little more formal. 

Fondue is seriously the most fun eating experience EVER! There's just something about dipping food in sauce or cooking meat in oil that gives the whole experience a creative feel. It's like you're creating your own food concoctions. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. 

Enjoying the cheese fondue appetizer. Boy, that was really cheesy... and there was a lot of cheese on that bite too.

Amy also enjoying the cheese fondue.

The main entree. A wide selection of raw meat and vegetables. (Amy was thoroughly grossed out by the raw meat) Behind, a myriad of sauces and batters to aid in the fondue creation process.

This is our experiment to see the difference between a raw shrimp and a cooked shrimp...

Taking advantage of our waitress as she brought the dessert fondue, we asked her to snap a picture of us together. 

Yin Yang chocolate fondue: Where the white chocolate and the milk chocolate meet together without prejudice in perfect chocolate nirvana.

Oh, and Punxsutawney Phil did see his shadow... 6 more weeks of winter...  

Letter to a thief...

To the person who stole my license plates:

Obviously you don't know me, I am just the owner of the random car you picked to take the license plates from. I don't know your intentions with them, I probably don't want to. Hopefully you don't use them for a bank robbery or anything like that. Maybe you're just too broke to register your own car... or, Maybe you just liked the letters PFH, I know I do. I was reminded of that Farmers insurance commercial when the guy finds his car has been stolen, all those weird things start occuring. There weren't any cats barking like dogs (even though there were a plethra of cats), but there was that strange feeling.

Still, I just wanted you to know that it was a great inconvenience for me because I'm sure you weren't thinking of that when you took them. Obviously I couldn't drive my car this morning. Without license plates, I would've been pulled over, so I walked to work. Not that I'm complaining, I should walk to work more often. It isn't very far from my house and I could use the excercise. However, walking in 17 degrees F when it feels like 6 degrees, not cool, er warm as it were.

So, next time you need to steal my license plates... at least consider the weather... Or leave me $10 for the replacement plates.

Sincerely,

Zach

PS. I didn't appreciate the message in the frost on the hood either. I don't know who you were refering to with DX is or why he sucks, but the hood of my car is not the place to leave that message.

Most Memorable Moment of 2007

So I just did this layout yesterday in honor of our most memorable moment of 2007 for the frameworthy challenge at Scrapbook Graphics and the dare from Digi Dare Ya!

I really loved these challenges because it helped me think outside the box and do a layout that I LOVE!!

Happy New Year!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I can't believe its 2008. I'm not ready...but who is ever ready right? Things are good. We have been enjoying a great break from school and I'm not ready for that to start up soon either. Its my (Amy's) LAST semester!! I'm soooo excited! We spent the holidays here at home with Zach's family. It was my very first time being anywhere but in California at my house for Christmas. Kinda sad but we had a great time! Life is good. Some of you know that I've gotten quite a bit involved with digital scrapbooking...its so great! (Actually I've started a blog for my scrapbooking...its www.rememberwhenscraps.blogspot.com - take a look). So alot of the digi scrapping communities have been talking about our most memorable moments from 2007. My #1 most memorable moment was no doubt my wedding! I am married to the most magnificent man. We are perfect for eachother and he keeps me laughing and feeling good about myself all the time. I love him! We are so blessed to have temple marriages so we can be with our familes FOREVER. I'm so glad I have Zach for forever! In about a month we will have been married for ONE YEAR!! I can't believe it. Time flies by so fast...and in the words of a new popular country song..."Don't Blink"! Hope this new year is a wonderful one for everyone. We love you all!

Thanks for giving...

So, it's been a while... maybe we're busy, maybe we're just lazy... but we have a lot of catching up to do, so here it goes...

We spent Thanksgiving in Merced this year. It was good times. Amy went a little early so she would be able to spend some extra time with her family since she doesn't get to see them as much, I joined her a few days later.

I've always liked Thanksgiving. The food, the family... just a chill, relaxing time. The remaining members attending Thanksgiving dinner at home this year joined us on Wednesday. We prepared food and did some last minute shopping for the big day. On Thanksgiving, we finished up... Now, there is a distinct difference between my family's Thanksgiving and a Amy's family's Thanksgiving and it has to do with the formality.

At my family's Thanksgiving, family members come to dinner dressed in whatever atire they were wearing for the day, usually pajamas since there is no real reason to get dressed. Otherwise just jeans and a T-Shirt. As for dinner. We just put the pots on the dining table and go at it.

Amy's family's Thanksgiving, however, is a much more formal occasion. Family members dress in more formal atire. As we were packing, Amy was sure to advise me to bring something to wear for Thanksgiving dinner. I was also admonished to shave before dinner. We ate off the fine China and with the fine silver.

It was a very nice formal dinner. Just different from what I was used to.

The Family around the Thanksgiving Table.

The kids at the "Kiddie Table."

The day after Thanksgiving... a rivoting game of paintball. Well, I don't know if it was so much a game as me being a target for my nephews.