A Short Lived Blog

I have news. I'm back to blogging only I've relocated. Since I got hitched I think its only right for me to be using a blog for both of us. I've only got one post up so far of wedding pictures and there are more to come. Hopefully I'll be more dedicated at getting my posts up. Click here to see the new blog.
I'll miss my first blog but in the words of Tom Petty, "Its time to move on".
Love you all!

A Day At The Beach

The other day the we all went to the beach. We went to two actually - Hug point and Canon Beach. Surprisingly I got pretty burned. I didn't think that happened much on the Oregon Coast but it was such a nice day. Chrissy, Mike's sister taught me how to surf. I wasn't great but it was so fun.

This is little Parker on the car ride there.

A view of haystack rock.

This is me trying to stand up on the long board. I think I made it about half way before I crashed.

Bridal Showers

So I'm sitting there surrounded by friends and family, opening the much needed gifts and thinking "man, I could get used to this." I felt as excited as a little girl at a birthday party. My bridal showers were the great and I had so much fun at each of them. After all not many brides get three bridal showers. I feel so blessed to have such good friends and family. Here are some pictures:


Steph and Me. She was such a great help at the shower my mom threw for me. There were a lot of people there and Steph made sure they were all fed.

Some of the Samaria gang.

My mom helping everyone paint dish cloths. She had them do that instead of games and it was a hit. Thanks mom!

My friends from home threw me a great shower. It was so good to see all of them, especially since it was the same day that I moved up to Washington. I love each of these girls so much and miss them like crazy!

It was at Meagan's house and she did the greatest job. The food was awesome and she decorated so cute.

Mikey's family threw me a wonderful shower. I got to meet a lot of people and spend time with his sisters, who have been so good to me. I'm so excited to gain three more sisters. Julie made the cake in the picture above from towels and ribbon.


Nicole, who I met on my mission in Nebraska, now lives in the Northwest. That pretty much makes us neighbors! I was so excited because she got to come to the shower. It had been a while since I last saw her so it was nice to catch up.

Thanks to everyone to helped and came!

Happy Everything

Happy Birthday to me! I celebrated this birthday in Washington. Mikey took me to dinner and gave me stuff to sport on the honeymoon...get your mind out of the gutter, sheesh...what I mean is sunglasses, a hat, and a bag for the beach.
Happy Independence Day! Mikey and I actually went back to Idaho for the fourth. It was our little bargain: I move to Vancouver early in exchange for Malad's fourth of July celebration. This is the only picture I took, oddly enough. It is up Gardner Canyon. Mikey and I seem to be making a tradition of 4-wheeling up there on the fourth.

Happy Wedding Day! My friend Erin got married. It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun. Erin looked amazing.

Changes

I have an announcement...
I have decided to move to Washington!
My motivation: I miss Mikey.
He moved up there right after he graduated. I thought I would tough it out and stay in Utah for the whole summer. I would then move there the day before our wedding in August. Well things have changed and I'm packing my bags and heading up there in a little over two weeks.
A part of me is really sad to be leaving Utah. I'm going to miss so many of my friends and (this is sad) so many different places to eat. What will I do without JDawgs, Cafe Rio, and Kneaders? Probably lose a few pounds...
The other part of me is very excited to move forward and be with Mike.
To Washington or bust!

Sneak Peak

Want a sneak peak of some our engagement photos? Click here. We did them in Malad, ID. It was so windy, but Adrianne did a great job. Tell me what your favorite is - we may just take your advice on which one to use for the invitations.

A New Little Niece

I just can't help myself, I have to post these pictures of Tressa's new baby. Her name is Ella Josephine and she was born yesterday, April 18th at 7:30am. I don't know how soon I'll get to meet this little one but I'm really looking forward to it. As you can imagine the whole family is so excited for her arrival.
*Photo's from Tressa

Another Visit To See Miss Belle

I don't get much time to post on my blog but I thought I would take a minute to post some pics of my recent visit to see my little niece. As usual my goal was to ensure my position as her favorite auntie. I think I was pretty successful considering I brought all the right gifts, chased her around plenty, and made all the funny faces I could, just to get a few giggles out of her. My sister is expecting another little one, so Belle thought it was funny to act like her mom and put a ball in her shirt.


ps Wedding planning is going great, in fact I think I like it a little too much. so far I've got the dress, the cake, and the date. Its going to be a blast!

Our Story

Well as you may or may not know I just got engaged and I can't stop smiling about it. It happened on Friday the 13th. We're just an unconventional couple. I was totally surprised. We hadn't gone ring shopping or anything. What happened was Mikey called me on the Monday before and told me we had been invited to go to a nice dinner in Park City with for his buddies company dinner. I bought it and was mainly concerned about what to wear because he told me it was a really fancy restaurant up in the mountains and the only way up is by a sleigh, pulled by a snow cat. Dressing fancy and warm was a concern and all that I could puzzle over. I kept asking for his friend's fiancee's number so I could call her and see what she would be wearing. Mikey just laughed and wouldn't give me her number (I found out later it was because she wasn't even going). Thursday came. I was at work when a dozen roses came from Mikey. The note said they were just a pre-Valentine's Day gift. Friday he picked me up and we headed to Park City. On the way he broke the news that it really wasn't for a company dinner but that it was just for us. He thought I would be mad, but I was just impressed that he had kept that from me. I still had no clue what was coming at this point. So we get to the place and hop on this sleigh that is literally for like 30 people. It was incredible. It was about a 45 minute ride. We pulled up to the restaurant which was this adorable norwegian yurt with no running water or electricity. Everything was brought in by snowmobiles and the place was lit up by lanterns. There were two wood burning stoves and even a grand piano. For the bathroom there was an outhouse outside but you better believe it was the nicest outhouse I had ever seen with a container of hot water to wash and all. After our main course Mikey said he wanted to go outside to take some pictures. He seemed pretty determined so I went along. While we out looking around he got up the courage, knelt down, and asked me to marry him. I was in so much shock I just kept yelling, "What are you doing? What are you doing?" It felt like I was dreaming or something where you don't know quite what going on. Mikey said I did manage to get my hand out of my glove and ready for the ring pretty quick. He knelt there for awhile because he didn't want to get up until I spit out the word yes. When we walked back into the yurt everyone started cheering for us. I turned bright red. Appearantly I was the only one who didn't know about the proposal. Mikey did a really great job and gave me a story I love to tell.
So There's our story. I think Mikey tells it better. We don't have a wedding date yet but it will be sometime in the fall. We're very excited and hope to see you there on our big day.

Calling all fans of Boy Meets World

I would just like to announce that yesterday I had the privilege of seeing Mr. Feeny from the hit TV show of my adolescence, Boy Meets World. I can't tell you the joy this moment brought me. It was just up at the Sundance Film Festival. I've actually seen a few up there the past few years such as Michael Keaton, Jared Leto, Trevor Morgan, Julia Stiles, the arm of Jennifer Aniston, James Spader (the rich snob in Pretty in Pink), and Crispin Glover (the dad in Back to the Future). I'm not bragging I'm just trying to prove that I'm one of those nerdy people that get very excited when they see famous people. Anyway while I was excited to see an appendage of Aniston or Leto's dreamy eyes, nothing made me happier then seeing William Daniels, better known as Mr. Feeny or K.I.T.T. in Knight Rider. Oh, and he also plays a mean John Adams in the movie 1776. I'd never know that if it weren't for my government teacher at MHS...thank you Mr. Evans.

Buying New Underwear

I haven't really felt like a dedicated blogger these last couple of weeks. Things have been moving so quickly and that's probably why I haven't taken time to document anything. When I say moving, I literally mean moving. I've moved twice since the new year began (long story). I started a new semester at school and a new job which makes me a little stressed but I'm loving it all so much. At one point I realized I wasn't taking time to do some of the essential tasks (don't worry, I found time to shower) like do laundry. Because of this I came to a certain conclusion: you know you're too busy if, when running to the end of your clean underwear supply, you are tempted to just go out and buy a package of new underwear instead of doing the laundry. It's definitely a sign of being too busy...or just being lazy.