Over Eating?

I have a new job, and exactly a week after starting I was convinced by Lianne (as well as Derek, Kurt and Mike) to attempt the 24 inch challenge! This consists of eating a 24 inch sub sandwich in under 30 minutes! To the victor went a T-shirt, picture on the wall, as well as free drinks for life!

It started out pretty good. I would say I even enjoyed the first 6 inches!

Joining Lianne and Myself was Trevor and Mike. Mike finished his in 7 minutes flat! It was amazing! I bet he could have done it again to! Trevor finished in 26 minutes.

I was feeling really good up until the halfway point and then the saltiness of the turkey hit me. Every bite I took I almost threw up, I was worrying everyone! Do you see that trash can behind me? I took the last few bites standing over it up in case.

Lianne did great. It took her about 28 minutes to finish. She also had turkey and said it tasted terrible as well!

I finally took off the remaining turkey and just swallowed it like a pill. Sometimes that is the only way to get it down!

There were no good pictures of me, but Kurt did get a nice long interview of me as the whole process went down!

In the end I finished 2nd, with 21 minutes 30 seconds! I got the T-Shirt and the picture, although I am not sure I will ever be returning to claim any free drinks! I didn't get a chance to tell Brent all about it before hand, so after he just said "Okay, so now we have to go back so I can do it too!" Funny thing is, my mom totally predicted that reaction!!!

Needless to say, I have been a little careless in my eating lately! The diet started yesterday and I want 5 pounds gone by April 1st!

BYU Basketball Game!

Have you heard that BYU Basketball is actually fairly noteworthy this year? It is mainly because of a player named James Fredette (JIMMER). He is 6' 2" and looks like he should play tennis not basketball, but the kid is amazing! Since this is Brent's last semester we decided to go to one last game before he graduates!

We went with two of our friends, Sam and Terri Anne. They have an adorable daughter named Chloe. I love this little girl like she is my niece! She is so wonderful and she has such amazing parents. Unfortunately, she was uninvited to the game, but got to spend some quality time with her cousins!

At the game. The Marriot Center didn't really fill up until 3 minutes before game time! Sam, looking sharp as always!

I wasn't expecting and introduction like this! The white curtains fell and there was a movie, music and light show to get the audience stoked!

At the game!

This is who it was all about. he had a really hard first half and only scored 5 points by half time (he averages 30 points a game). In the second half BYU was doing better but Jimmer was still struggling. Finally, he hit a gorgeous fade-away 3 and it was like everything clicked. You could tell he was stressed but after that is was just natural looking. He ended the game with 23 points and BYU won 71-59!

I typically rush to the car to beat traffic but we decided to wait for the victory bell to be rung. We thought it was going to be the player of the game, Charles Abouo, but it turned out to be someone we didn't know, named Logan.

Waiting for the magic!

TERRI ANNE! IT DID TURN OUT CUTE!

The one and only Cosmo! He is a pretty impressive mascot!

Here is what we live next to! Europe sure did help us to appreciate nature more!

After the game, we made milkshakes and watched the office. The exhaustion was overwhelming.

It was great to be able to participate in BYU sports one last time! I hope we continue to do well, because it may make March Madness bearable!

What a Bum!

Brent and I have been back from Europe for over a month now, and the idea of blogging still makes me shutter! Not only am I a little worn out, but I also feel that anything we are up to right now doesn't quite reach the coolness factor of Greece, Krakow and London. Well it is just time for me to Buck up, because some things have changed!

First, I got a job! I work for a company call property solutions. We design websites for property management companies. If you are every looking for an apartment complex online, you will probably stumble upon one of our sites. I really love it. The work is really interesting and just creative enough to not get to mundane. Everyone in the company is obsessed with foosball, so I play it on my breaks and usually during lunch. I AM TERRIBLE! Everyone is so nice to still be on my team, but one day I will be super good!

Second, Brent is still looking for a job, all over the US. The law market is really suffering right now, so if you feel inclined to pray that he can find something good I would appreciate it!

Third, Brent and I were just called to be Sunday School teachers for ALL the youth. Apparently, there is only about 8 of them!

Finally, Nope there really isn't a finally. I thought there was and yet there isn't!

We are slowly moving along, but I think Brent and I are both ready for this last semester to be over! Wish us luck!

Happy Birthday Brent

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENT!

Yesterday was Brent's Birthday! He is officially 27 years old, but doesn't look a day older than 26!

Since I haven't been working I took a lot of time to plan out some fun birthday activities, unfortunately on last Sunday during church Brent started feeling sick. Monday was a holiday so he just stayed in but Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were bad. Luckily, by Friday he was feeling a bit better, but not much!

We ended up going out with Erica and Spencer to Red Robin, to get Brent's fee meal, and then back to our place for presents and games!

The Birthday Boy with his oldest and youngest! I love Caliah's little face!

This is Brent's Present from Momma and Papa Forsberg. Brent has been wanting this game really bad!

Here is Brent's present from me! It is a coupon for one day to racquetball and dinner or desert! I thought I was so creative because Brent is always wanting to play racquetball but when I gave it to him he just seem totally confused! I guess the amazing present that I thought I gave didn't really land!

Caliah gave Brent a new Gillette razor with 5 blades! His Mom and Dad made sure to send him a cute card and some spending money for new church shoes!

Today we went up to play with our friends Sam and Terri Anne! Bohnanza and fast scrabble are great ways to spend an afternoon!

Brent says he had a great Birthday weekend but he has been super sick so he has really done a great job humoring me! I LOVE YOU BRENT AND I AM EXCITED TO MAKE THIS BEST YEAR OF HIS LIFE!

The New Year!

Happy NEW YEAR! I know I know, this is a little late, but I figure it is better late than never. Honestly, for the New Year Brent and I were asleep by 9:30 pm. Jet lag sucks. So I thought we would post a few of our Resolutions from last year and a few for this up-coming year!

Mallory 2010:

Travel to another continent- When I made that goal I had no idea that Budapest was even an option. It was really a huge blessing, and many blog post!

Lose 15-20 pounds and Keep it off- I am so proud of myself. I feel a whole lot more confident and healthy. Now I am trying to maintain and get toned, the battle is still not over!

Have 2010-2011 Tuition saved up- My goal to end lawschool debt free looks like it will be coming true! I am really proud of Brent and me! Even with Europe we were still able to pay for Law School without any loans!

Brent 2010:

Read 25 books- He more than accomplished this. We were both in a huge reading zone this year! It was really nice

Read the New Testament- President Monsen challenged us to do this and Brent took it to heart, I am still working on it!

Mallory 2011-
Read "Jesus the Christ", Take a relaxing vacation (sorry Europe was very high stress, but worth every second of it!), Visit 4 new temples,, and take and EMT Class.

Brent 2011-
Read the Old Testament, Read 40 Books, Stay under 193 lbs, 1 act of service a month, Take Mallory on a date 1 a month (no I did not put him up to this, but I am excited!).

I thought New Years Resolutions were really stupid when I was younger. I always figured if you wanted to change you could start anytime. Although that is true, I like having the New Year as a starting point. I set ten goals last year and I accomplished 7 of them, this year I am going for 8! Wish me luck!

Copenhagen: Day 1

The biggest mistake I made on this Europe trip was choosing to go to Copenhagen... In the winter. Copenhagen looks like it is a beautiful town, and it really was but with my feet wet and freezing I was in no mood to see it! On Christmas, I dragged myself out to see the town and after about an hour in 15 degree weather, I was past my pushing point! I don't remember names of places, so it will basically be looking at pictures Brent took!

A Church Right by our Hostel.

Brent thought this was so funny. Every time we passed it he would laugh and make a comment. The funny thing to me is it was a milk billboard... Needless to say, we stayed away from milk just to be safe!

A statue next to the canal.

The frozen Canal. A lot of birds had found a place to make home! It looked really peaceful, and freezing.

This is a Castle now turned museum.

Another church, that we went inside.

AS we were inside people started to show up for Christmas Mass, as we were bundling up to leave it started... I was tempted to stay but we just snuck out. I don't think to many people noticed!

These are the Navy Housing (or used to be). They are really cute house! I thoroughly enjoyed seeing a ton of them all lined up in a row!

Another Church outside the Citadel.

These are the Palace Guards. In Copenhagen there are four Palaces, each built in a different time, but all identical.

Here is a shot of the middle of the Palace Octagon! Literally, it was an octagon and each of the four palaces were built around a different wall!

This is Brent's Favorite pictures in all of Europe! It is really pretty.

The spire in the background is spiraling to represent the Ascension into heaven. Well the Architect built it and then realized if two people were to sword fight up the spire, they would have to be left handed, no right handed. Since that is rare he considered his spiral a failure and killed himself!

This is a Coat of Arms that was inside the Justice, Legislative, and Executive building in Copenhagen. Copenhagen is the only city in the world where the three branches share a building!

Just so everyone understands how cold it was our wate froze solid while we were out there.

In total we probably walked around 10-12 kilometers. Honestly, the walking wasn't bad. The walking in deep snow, slipping and sliding, with freezing cold feet made it a miserable day. Brent and I had both had better Christmas's and at this point were ready to be home!

Ferney-Voltaire

After a wonderful day of exploring Annecy, Brent and I were excited to spend a quiet day around the hotel. Instead of going back into Geneva we spent most of the day in our hotel room catching up on everything and mapping out what we wanted to do in Copenhagen.

We did, however, get out to see the town we were staying in, Ferney-Voltaire.

This was a charming little poster we saw!

The only church we saw in the town! It was pretty cute. It was closed, but we enjoyed it anyway!

The one noteable thing in Ferney- Voltaire is a Chateau. We hiked up to the Chateau. This hill was actually really steep. Brent is always surprised when I make it to the top with no complaints... how much of a wuss does he think I am?

The Chateau turned out to be closed (like everything else in the town!). It was really pretty and we wished we could have gotten a better look!


On the way back down we stopped by the Cemetery. This one was really neat. Since it was on a hill everything looked much more dramatic!


The saddest thing we found was a child grave yard. We have seen a ton of graveyards and have managed to never visit one. It was really sad.

Brent did find his grave stone! It is very cool!

I also found mine. I really want mine to have a little place for a garden built in! I really really enjoyed it!

We had a great time just taking it easy! We were only out for a couple of hours but in reality it was just what we wanted for the day! A great time exploring a little town, and a nice way to say goodbye to Geneva and France!