A few pics of Olympics in Vancouver and at the Smith household.

Engaged in Utah!

I have had a great February so far Ben and I were out in Salt Lake for about 12 days. We had an absolute blast the trip started off a little rocky with our flight being cancelled because of snow in Baltimore. So we wound up flying in a day earlier which worked out well giving us another day to hang out. The trip flew by I got to train with the Utah girls and workout in the old stomping grounds. Nothing like a little lung burning to bring me back to my time as a Ute. We saw the girls lose a heart breaking 4 OT game and a few nights later saw the men also lose in OT. Apparently we were not a good luck charm.

Ben skied almost most days and was pretty sore at the end of night! I got up to ski and had a blast, I can't wait to get back into skiing I wanted to buy all sorts of gear when I was up there!!

The biggest news of the trip was that Ben proposed! We were visiting friends and he told me he wanted to take the long drive back. He pulled into the parking lot at the U and we decided to go for a walk when we got to the steps where we first met he pulled me back got down on one knee and proposed. I didn't sleep at all that night! There were a lot of phone calls made the next day!

We just arrived in Mission after a long day of travel looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning! We are both pretty excited to take in some of the Olympics so we will keep you posted!

It has been a while since I last posted I had my first "cold" of the season. I guess I couldn't make it through the whole year without getting a cold but I am happy to say after a few days I feel great again.
I have booked a ticket to SLC and then home to take in a bit of the Olympics. Watching all this olympic mania on tv and youtube I can not even explain how badly I want to go. The amazing thing is I am one of the truly blessed who has an opportunity to do something about it! Maybe I should just start watching one of the clips before I go to train everyday.
Training has been going well I am always in a personal battle knowing that I am not in "game shape" but don't need to be right now. I spent the last 14 years of my life overtraining and my body has let me know it the last 3 years. After graduating from college I can't think of a time where I actually felt "healthy". My focus for 2010-2012 is to train "smart".

The business people on the top of my blog was a new template I was trying obviously I didn't know they came with the deal.

I have a presentation at the local rotary club on Tuesday (Ben's grandpa is a member) so I need to write a speech, procrastinating stops now.

Thinking about switching sports, how awesome would it be to check someone into the boards??? Ben tells me I look huge on skates. All the layers certainly mask my really skinny arms, yeah I have to get back into the lifting circuit. I have been doing body weight lifts but find that after experiencing my first "stinger" this summer my right elbow is not happy with any lifts really. I have turned all my focus into my shot which is feeling really good right now. Been working out at the rec center a bunch purchased a one month pass. Ben played one on one and I had people clapping for me when I made a basket (there is a track that runs above the court and so all the runners/walkers watch us play). It was pretty funny not really sure how one is supposed to react to that!

I have been looking up info on getting my masters feel like I need to start doing something with my life. Ukraine just didn't feel right/ not worth it so I continue to wait for what I don't know but hoping it comes soon!

The whole month of December went by so quickly. I can't believe it is already January. I had a great time at home I absolutely love having the grandparents over for Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.
I left BC on the morning of the 28th my amazing father and sister woke up at 420am to drive me to Vancouver. The day was going along well until I landed in TO and waited in a 2.5 hour border line up. I was not in a good mood mostly because I had not eaten and I was tired that is not a good combo for me. By the time I cleared customs I had 5 minutes before my plane started to board. I tried to hustle through security which went fairly quickly only a quick interview asking me why I had a carry on bag (I had to leave my nice roller at home, security is tight flying into America right now). Once I got through that I felt good about my chances of making my flight but then I was stopped again (I fly on a propeller jet to Hartford so you take a eight minute bus ride to a small terminal). At this stop you were completely padded down everywhere... by the time I boarded the bus my flight was supposed to be leaving. Thankfully I arrived and they were just starting pre boarding so I was quite thankful I made it. I would have loved to eat a little food but there was no time for that which in hindsight is a great thing because I faced some of the worst turbulence I have ever had in the last 30 minutes of the flight. I am thinking it was a good thing my stomach was empty.

CT has been good I got to go pond skating outside for the first time in my life. It was so much fun so crazy how you can see to the bottom with black ice, kind of crazy. Enjoy the beautiful pics!!!!

Things have been quite busy as son as we landed in BC. The first day back was moving day... my parents have a lot of stuff! My forearms were sore for 3 days after, some of the couches had to be carried outside to the backyard and then in through back doors. Ben went off to Baker the day after moving day to ski... I stayed at home to bake some cookies. I feel like if I stay in the kitchen I can avoid unpacking my boxes... the rubbermaids are stacked up in the hallway. They are a little overwhelming.
I did make it out to night skiing Friday night. It was a lot of fun, we went up to Grouse, the mountain I first skied on. My friends Leanne and Jess came with us so Ben had a possy for girls to ski with!

Saturday night we checked out the Chilliwack Bruins a Junior A hockey team. It was a good game, entertaining and great seats!

Sunday grandma and grandpa came over for a quick lunch visit it was great to see them. The visit was cut short as snow was beginning to come down.
Sunday night we went out to get a Christmas tree it took a lot of searching but we managed to find the perfect tree.

Ben is taking off tomorrow morning, weather depending. The week went by way too fast!

The first picture is Ben trying on the infamous "Canadian tuxedo". He makes fun of them quite a bit and couldn't resist the urge to try one on at the store today!

I survived the football game last night. The snow was coming down pretty good at a few different points in the game, thankfully Ben had me fully prepared for the weather. I had some long johns, pants and to top it off snow pants! Making the outfit even classier would be the old bball shoes of Ben's that I rocked. It was a slushy affair and I didn't want to ruin the uggs they are not that waterproof. It was a great game as well Uconn marched down the field down 1 with 40 seconds left and hit a game winning field goal. As a senior a pretty good way to finish off your senior year.

Packed up all the belongings today and heading out tomorrow morning BC bound!!