A lot has changed since we went home for the holidays. I got offered a new job at CBS Radio, doing the same thing I did in Salt Lake for X96 - Advertising Sales. I start next week. I am so excited to get back into my element. I also started teaching cycling classes at my gym LA Fitness - it's more than an adrenaline rush! I have a packed class every week, the regulars i know by name. It's my home away from home away from work.

Rob has started to apply for his summer residency....which means there is a good chance we could be apart this summer. He could end up anywhere across the US at any of the top hospitals. We figure if we could get thru remodeling a house the first yr of marriage, we can get thru 12 weeks apart, right?

Here are a few photos from the holidays....

rob, amber, me, kate dawg and dave classic skating
new yrs with the nelsons and little dykes in logan

rob "walkin it out"

the bergies and cramers - cheers

...and my minne friends, jenny, kristin and jeff at a jazz and blues concert

life in minne

since we moved to minneapolis for robs grad school at the university of minnesota we have kept ourselves involved in getting to know the city. we love minne! maybe ask us that question afer january....after the blazing cold winter. but so far here are some of the fun things we have done...

visited lake minetonka area on thanksgiving
gone the the famous minnesota state fair and eaten deep fried EVERYTHING

twins game at the metrodome inside

timberwolves game - free season tickets from my work!

rob's MHA class's championship flag football team in the brand new TCF stadium

baller

visiting macalester college where rob's mom went

out to thanksgiving dinner at spassos - with the sotos and bryan

Europa

I finally made Rob take me to Europe. We spent 2 weeks there - Aug.1-15. We visited...
Paris, France
Cinque Terra, Italy
Pisa, Italy
Florence, Italy
Rome, Italy
Venice, Italy
Prague, Czech Republic
Salzburg, Austria
Interlaken, Switzerland
Here are a few of our favorite snap shots:

Notre Dame

paris
Luxemburg Gardens

Public bikes

Louvre

Dinner on the walkways

Saint Chappelle

Eiffel Tower at midnight

Backpack strapped

Van Gogh's Starry Starry Night

Riogimorrie - Cinque Terre, Italy

Oh, just some locals...

Cinque Terra

First Real Italian Pizza

our sweeper friend

Our swim spot

Pisa River

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Douma in Florence, Italy

Statue of David. Florence, Italy

Colloseum

inside the Colloseum

the magnificent Trevi Fountain

St. Peter's Sq in Vatican City

Postcards from the Vatican

Grand Canal in Venice

St. Marcos Sq in Venice

thank you sleeper train, for rob's pink eye...we love you

Famous square and astronomical clock in Prague

Prague castle

Golden Lane's minitures

Salzburg Castle in Austria

Pink eye day 2

Grimmelwald in Interlaken, Switzerland

fresh milk anyone?

on the gondola in Grindelwald

Trotti bikes down the Alps!

eastcoasters....

we made our way up and down and back through the big cities of the east coast. look what we found...

crystalyn, rob and jimmy on the beach in ocean city, nj
rob, linzi and jimmy frolicking on the beach


rob being awkward with the eppersons

bird poo on crystalyns butt

a ny rooftop party, thanks to dave waterfall getting hitched

stantons and his tophat on top of his apartment in harlem with john keiter

the manhattan temple

the newest and happiest married couple in manhattan, dave and emily waterfall

u penn, thanks jon hunstman

the city of brotherly love - illadelph

genos philly cheesesteak

the liberty bell

independence hall

This Old House is DONE!!!!!!

BEFORE....(September 2008)

AFTER!!! May 2009
Here is a bunch of postings of our newly remodeled home. We bought this house in March of 2008, but starting renovating it in September of the same year. We literally gutted the entire house, room by room, floor to ceiling. We knocked out walls, tore up old carpet and tile, put on new doors, landscaped the front yard, raised ceilings, YOU NAME IT....WE DID IT!!!!

A quick rundown on the house (for all of those into real estate:
Location: 2082 E 900 S in Sugarhouse
Size: 4 bedrooms 2 full baths
Garage: 2 car detached
Year built: 1939

Rest of the Downstairs

LAUNDRY ROOM BEFORE...

AFTER! Gutted with new tile, paint and base boards.

BEFORE...The hallway to downstairs


AFTER! (We raised the ceiling since we kept hitting our head)

BEFORE...(Looking up to our side door, it was pretty nasty)

AFTER! (New door, carpet, paint and baseboards...)

BEFORE... (Small bedroom Downstairs)

AFTER!!! (This room used to have a built in desk, we retired that)

BEFORE...(Big Bedroom downstairs)

AFTER! (We raised the ceiling, as well as everything else)

BEFORE... (Big family room)

AFTER! (we knocked out closets, walls, put in canned lighting, paint, carpet, baseboards, etc...)

Downstairs Bath

BEFORE...

AFTER

We gutted the entire thing! What a difference