Kyle and Gina

The Big 2-4!

2011-01-09T12:14:00.003-07:00

I can't believe that Kyle is 24 today. It seems so old and we are not ready to be grown ups yet so its a little weird. Doesn't 24 seem like you have to act like grown ups now? I don't know if that will ever happen but because Kyle is now 24 I thought I would write 24 things I love about him. :)

1. That he is mine for all eternity

2. He is so incredibly handsome

3. Patient

4. Loves me for me, even when I'm a crazy person

5. Active and busy all the time

6. Hardworker

7. Funny, he always makes me laugh

8. He sings these crazy made up songs to me very day

9. Loves to travel with me

10. A handyman and can fix anything

11. So muscley

12. His big puppy dog eyes

11. His laugh, you can't help but laugh with him

12. His kisses and hugs

13. Even-tempered, I really need to learn more from him

14. His strength and love for the gospel

15. He is so comfy and cuddly, he doesn't like it as much as I do but he will come around

16. He is so cute with kids and will be a great Dad

17. Thoughtful

18. Gives me a hug and kiss before he leaves every morning

19. Athletic, he is good at everything he does

20. A good cook

21. Smart

22. Trustworthy and honest in everything he does

23. Busy body, you can never so him down

24. And most of all he loves me too!

I really could go on forever. I just love this Guy! Happy Birthday Loves!!

Go Cougars

2010-11-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

About 5 years ago Kyle took me to a BYU Game and we haven't be back since. I love football and we both have been wanting to go to a game for a while so we were both really excited when we came across a couple tickets. Just our luck that it was the coldest, rainiest day of the season.

We went to the game in-between the down pours. It ended up being perfect!

It was a close call but we won! Perfect ending! Thank you Bishop Mella for the great tickets. We had a lot of fun.

Moab Once Again

2010-11-08T22:17:00.000-07:00

In September we took a trip to Moab. It was so fun to be there with everybody that could make it this year. We had a lot of first timers so we got to see a lot of things again.

First tradition...Frog Hunting. Jason was such a trooper. He was wading around in the gross cold water but it paid off.

Us at Dead Horse Point

Second tradition... cliff jumping! I think this is a family favorite. Here Kyle and Nick are doing their back flips.

Third tradition...Arches. You can't go down to Moab and not hike a trail or two in Arches. It is a really beautiful place.

Sintra, Portugal

2010-11-07T21:59:00.001-07:00

Pretty sad that we have been home for over two months and I am finally posting the last part of our trip. I wish we could go back soon so bad. It was the most amazing trip ever! I loved that Kyle and I were together traveling around his mission.

This picture has a little bit of a story. We are at the Tour de Belem. It is about 30 feet out on the water so you walk out on a dock to get to it. It was closed so I turned around to take a picture and if you look hard you can see that my left knee is bent a little bit. I had the tip of my toe on the ground...or so I thought... I actually was putting my toe off the side of the dock on accident and my flip flop dropped 10 feet below into the ocean. It was a lost cause. The next 1.5 miles I walked on the cobblestone with one shoe until we found a Chinese store and bought me some super cute new shoes! I guess it was all that bad. :)

The Quinta da Regaleira in is the most pretty city called Sintra. It is a castle surrounded by some really pretty gardens.

Also on the top of the mountain in Sintra is the Pena Palace. I can't even start to explain how amazing this palace is. I was so disappointed that we couldn't take any pictures inside. It was A. Mazing! SOOO much detail and hard work was put into everything there. The tiles, walls, furniture, landscaping, outside walls and courtyard of the palace...

Here is small sample of the palace grounds. It was acres and acres of greenery and trees from all over the world. There were California Redwoods and trees from China and Africa.

These trees were really cool. The bottom branches came out and formed a J shape and then grew upward. It said they were from the Western United States???

From the Pena Palace you can see the Moorish Castle. The Moorish ruled a lot of the area back in about the 9th - 10th century.

Kyle walking along the outer wall of the Moorish Castle.

Our last days in Portugal we were able to spend with a family from Kyle's mission. I am so grateful for them and the rest of the families that did so much for us. They were so hospitable and fun to be around. They took us to some amazing beaches and the Convent in Mafra. In this picture we are at the park after seeing the Convent ...which was HUGE, by the way. Portugal overall was a dirty country but when they do something there its always really pretty and has a lot of detail. I loved this park. I really loved Portugal but I was excited to be home. I don't know if I could ever live there. I was so excited for trucks, our mountains, wide streets, grass, houses, Mountain Dew, and to see my family. Its crazy to see how different other parts of the world is. It makes you grateful for the life and family that you have.

City of Romance

2010-10-24T22:32:00.000-06:00

It took a little convincing but Kyle and I went to Paris for a day in the middle of our Portugal trip. I'm so glad that we did. We LOVED Paris! It is the most amazing city. It was sad that we didn't have a ton of time but we did well with our precious hours. We only had 24 hours and I wanted to make sure we hit the top must sees there. First on our list.... the Eiffel Tower!

Oh. My. Gosh! It was amazing! And HUGE! Its way bigger then I thought. We flew into Paris at about 7:00 but by the time we got to the city and found our hotel it was dark. We wanted to go find the Eiffel Tower and hopefully get a little bit of our survivor shopping done that night because the next day we were flying out at 7:00 and we wanted to fit in as much as possible during the day. I'm so glad we saw the Eiffel Tower at night. It was so pretty!

We didn't realize how late it was because of the 8 hour difference but at midnight the Eiffel Tower twinkles. I am so glad that we lucked out to see the show. The park was packed with people there to see it.

The next morning we woke up to rain. We didn't really think about France being so much farther north then Portugal and there was a good storm there for the past couple days so it was a little colder then normal and we weren't very prepared to say the least. All we had were flip flops and shorts and no jackets. We woke up and went to the top on the Eiffel Tower. It was an amazing view!! It is super high so the wind gave us a good chill but the view was beautiful!

Next on our list was the Notre Dame. It was still cold so we stopped in a store on the way and got me a new fun Paris sweatshirt. The minute we walked out of the store the sun came out. Just my luck but I got a cute hoodie from Paris so I guess I can't complain. Notre Dame ended up being really cool. There were hundreds of gargoyles and the whole area around the Notre Dame was all Gothic.

Last must see stop on our short lived trip to Paris was the Louvre. I had heard a little about it but I honestly couldn't believe how big everything was. The Louvre alone was HUGE. To see everything it is supposed to take you 3 days. Its 7 miles of the most famous, original art in the world. A-Mazing.

Inside the Louvre the paintings covered the walls. It was nothing like I was expecting. The paintings were huge. Some were about 20x30 feet. No wonder they are so famous.

The Mona Lisa. Honestly I don't know why it is such a big deal but it is and I got to see the real deal! It was super small compared too the rest of the paintings but more what I was expecting so I wasn't disappointed.

Other then finding the Mona Lisa my other favorite part of the Louvre was the Greek statues. They were super cool too see. The Louvre was definitely amazing to see. Next time I would just not wear flip flops. I was about in tears by the end of the day. Kyle was so nice to me and bought me some softer shoes before we flew back to Portugal. It was a life saver the rest of the trip. He is so good to me. I don't know what I did to deserve him. This trip was perfect and I was so happy to be there with him. It was really sad to leave Paris. I hope we can go back there again some day.

I promise the rest of the trip is to come...if anybody reads this anymore.

A Whole New World

2010-09-30T19:25:00.000-06:00

It was so nice to go back to Portugal with Kyle and meet everybody and tour all the cool things that he got to see without me. It was hard at first because of the time change and everybody only spoke Portuguese but by the end it was kinda fun to just tune everything out and not worry about what is going on or what people are saying. It is EXTREMELY different over there compared to America. For starters....

Bucawhau....ew. All the stores would smell like it and it was gross.

Pastels De Nacas. Kyle's favorite treat there. He got one every chance he could.

All the scenery was different too. Did you know that cork comes from the bark of a Cork Tree?

Castles were everywhere. This is the view of Lisbon from the St. George Castle.

Standing on the outer wall of the Castle.

I loved all the Arch ways they build back in those times.

Down Town Lisbon there is a super old elevator. It was really cool to see it even though we didn't get to go to the top. In this picture you can also see all the cobblestone streets and sidewalks. All I can say is good that its good we have cement. I couldn't stop tripping the whole time we were there.

Us in the main squire in Lisbon. It was a really fun city to see. I'm glad that we had a chance to go back so quickly. Everybody treated us so amazing. We are going to be forever in debt to all the friends that took us in and made their home ours.

Yellowstone Take 2

2010-09-25T18:30:00.000-06:00

I can't ever seem to get Yellowstone into one post without bogging everything down with a million pictures. Maybe next year will be different. If it would stop being so pretty maybe, but I don't see that happening....unless that gigantic volcano underneath it erupts but then we all might just be dead if that happens so lets hope not.

Here is the prettiness I was talking about and the handsome guy! Sorry he's taken!

One of our favorite hikes is Uncle Tom's Trail down to the Lower Falls. It is seriously breath taking...not only because it's 300+ stairs to the bottom but the view too.

Here is the Lower Falls in all its 309 foot drop glory!

The whole Fam Damly in front of the falls. I loved that we got to take them there for their first time to Yellowstone. We kept telling them they would love it. Maybe they will start coming faster now that they know we know what we are talking about!

The brink of the Upper Falls. It was really cool to lean over the side and see the water falling over the edge.

Last day in Yellowstone we went to Old Faithful.

Dad, Mom and Kaden with Old Faithful at its fullest. I'm really glad we went and can't wait to go back again. I guess we will have to see what next year has in store for us. I'm thinking Redwoods? I don't know though Yellowstone Lake would be cool to see too and I need to find a big moose and grizzly bear still. I mean Kyle needs to find them for me. ;)

Yellowstone!! Yes it was almost 2 months ago

2010-09-24T18:51:00.000-06:00

So I know that I'm horrible and slacking but a lot has been going on here lately and to be honest even thinking of looking though 700+ pictures from Yellowstone and then 900+ more pictures from Europe gets me feeling a little overwhelmed to say the least.

Oh man, we had a lot of fun this summer but I'm defiantly not ready to start scrapbooking all these great memories. Where to start? I finally bit the bullet and looked through all the thousands of pictures. Pretty sure it took me hours and afterwards I still needed help from Kyle to narrow it down even more. Good thing he's so helpful because I think he got rid of about 15 extra scrapbook pages....I'm not counting how many I have too do yet...I want to feel like I've at least made a small accomplishment before that number gets thrown around. So to say the least these next 5ish posts may or may not be loaded with pictures. I will try to tone it down a bit but when you have so much to work with what are you supposed to do just not share them? Deciding has never been one of my strong talents.

So to start it off...YELLOWSTONE!!! One of my most favoritest places on earth. It. it. beautiful. I was really hoping to see a bear and a moose this time and....

Meet mother moose and her little baby. So cool. We were still about 20 miles out of West Yellowstone when we saw her and we had to turn around about 3 times and finally park for about 5 minutes before I saw her. Lets just say I'm blind and thank goodness Kyle was there to be my eyes. Next time I'm going to have him find me a big male moose....cause I'm obviously not going to accomplish that on my own!

Me and Popsy hanging outside the car in a traffic jam in Yellowstone. Isn't he cute. I love my Dad! I was so excited to take my family to Yellowstone. Only my Mom had been and that was about 40 years ago so it was new to all of them.

Mammoth Hot Springs. It was so amazing to see.

Jacee, Dad, Mom, Jenae, and Kaden. They almost didn't stop here cause they were too hot from all the walking at the first stop but I'm pretty sure they didn't regret it. It was really cool to see.

Over by the East entrance there was a lot of Rangers and I knew it had to be a bear. Right after we stopped this little guy ran right in front of our car. I got a little more excited then a normal 23 year old girl would but Kyle still loves me so its all good.

Petrified Tree. I have never seen one before. I thought it was pretty cool. They said that it was a Redwood???

After Mammoth Hot Springs and our bear adventure we headed down to the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone" and we found this guy. There were TONS of buffalo everywhere but we were seriously like 15 feet from him and he didn't even care. Probably not the smartest idea but we lived and got the picture so whatev.

Second 1/2 of the trip will be posted soon...hopefully....

This One is For You Whitney

2010-08-12T20:03:00.003-06:00

We have been hoping for this change for a really long time. Meet the bathroom we once all hated...

No we are really not that dirty. The sink is actually "clean". It didn't have any enamel so no matter how hard we tried it always looked like we were pigs. Notice the two faucets so that the hot and cold water don't touch? That was my favorite part...ok not really. Are you kidding me?

I guess that Grandma and Grandpa really do love us cause after a little convincing we were able to to this...

And this... Paint helps almost as much as that sink. The white did not go too well in that old bathroom.

And we ended with this!! I love it!! I know that it isn't the most high end bathroom and our shower is still jimmy rigged but it is a million times better! PS: The super, uncool lights that were by the mirror are gone too. It was not lucky enough to make it on camera I guess.

Santaquin

2010-07-19T07:25:00.000-06:00

We went right after work one day and met Jake, Anni, and the kids up Santaquin Canyon for a little fishing/hot dog roasting adventure. It was really fun and the kids are cuties. We never can get enough of them.

Halle, Madi, Jack, and Myli. I LOVE Jack's face here. He kept pulling it all night.

This picture reminds me of Yellowstone. It was so pretty up there and its getting me really excited to go back to Yellowstone. Only 2 more weeks!!

My handsome guy fishing.

Who Would WANT to Run a 5K?

2010-07-14T10:34:00.000-06:00

I guess these guys.....

And these guys...

But you would have to be a little crazy to want to get up at 5:00 in the morning to run so I guess this picture makes since.

Saying Farewell to The Beast

2010-07-13T08:04:00.000-06:00

Although the name doesn't sound like The Beast was loved, it was. It was sad for me to see it go but the day had come. Kyle finally got to upgrade to a newer car and he is loving it.

Here is The Beast in all its glory. We went through a lot together. New front bumper, reinforced front bumper, 3 front driver side panels, new paint job on the hood, 2 tree attacks, new clutch, 2 mufflers, 2 CV Axels, rolling out the garage down the driveway into a truck, 1 A/C, 2 flat tires, 1 "cliff", Devil worshipers, 3 high school years, 2 collage years, 2 years of marriage, driving lessons for 3 and much much more. It was sad to see it leave. But check out his new ride...

Everybody meet the Corolla...name to be announced.

Starting off the Summer

2010-06-22T10:33:00.001-06:00

Kyle has this fun place that he always talked about taking me to every time we are around the Proper-T but usually when we are around the Proper-T, our days are packed full of fun activities so we never had a chance to go until now.

There is a place in Maple Canyon called Box Canyon that you can hike into and explore. A couple Saturdays ago we took a day trip to see Box Canyon and rock climb. It is supposed to be one of the best rock climbing places around. We forgot our camera so we didn't get to take very many pictures but here is what we got.

There are super tall rock cliffs on both side the whole time. It is really pretty.

Cute little tree in the middle of the trail.

At the end of the Canyon there is a really tall waterfall that was a little too hard for Katie and I to climb. The boys thought they were invincible so they climbed it while we waited at the bottom. Kyle is taking a picture of us from the top so you can see how far up he really was. I was a little scared for him but he said it was really cool up there and he didn't get hurt so I guess its ok.

The Best 2 Years of my Life

2010-06-21T15:32:00.000-06:00

2 Years ago yesterday Kyle and I were married for time and all eternity in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. I can't believe how lucky I am to have found him. He is my best friend and I love every second we have together. These last 2 years we have had so much fun together. I can't wait to see what the rest of our life has in store for us. I love you Kyle! Happy Anniversary!

Bring me 2 Pina Coladas...I Want 1 for Each Hand..

2010-06-11T12:11:00.000-06:00

I promise we are still alive! I haven't had the chance to update our blog in a really long time. If there is anybody out there that still reads this, I'm sorry. Our life has been a little crazy lately. We have been to Cancun, I had my 23rd birthday, Kyle got a new calling, we bought a new car, softball has started and we got a new BBQ. So if any body is feeling like hamburgers let us know! After 4 years of waiting I finally was able to go to Cancun! I was amazing! I have never seen more beautiful water. Just thinking about it makes me wish we were back there right now. One of the coolest things about the trip was we didn't have to worry about anything. Serious for one of the days we didn't even look at a clock once. I don't know if I will ever be able to do that again.

The trip didn't start off so smooth though. Can I just say that I love America even more then ever now. We got off the plane and were so excited to hit the beach but instead we hit 4 hours of standing in a hot line just to get through customs. We were tired, hungry, and very irritated. Once we got settled in though, we loved every minute.

We pretty much hung out in our swimming suits the whole time. It was so HOT!! It was a little windy though so the beach wasn't as calm but it made for some really fun waves to play in.

This is the view from our hotel. The rooms weren't 5 star but the restaurants and pool area were the nicest on the strip. Who wants to stay in the hotel room when you are in Cancun anyways, right?

There were tons of these little tables all over the hotel. We could go order any drink we wanted at any time. It was pretty fun to try everything out but we figured out there aren't a ton of drinks that you can have without alcohol so we had a lot of Pina Colodas and Mimi Vises but they were delicious!

We spent a lot of time seashell hunting. Why? I don't really know but I do know it was fun and Kyle is Pro. He found this super cool Titan Coral that we may or may not have tried to sneak home.

Paragliding is awesome!! ...if you don't get super seasick on the boat/waverunner ride out there. It was beautiful and we were SOOO high. Its a good thing it was so high so that nobody could see what I was doing up there. haha I'm not going to lie that it was a little disappointing, at least for me, Kyle loved it the whole time. I was so excited to go but the aftereffects make me a little weary of ever going again.

Tulum!! Its a must see! I loved these guys even though they made us pay $5 to take the freaken picture on our OWN camera. Whatever. We were on vacation.

Decoration building in Tulum. It had red had prints on the top floor from the natives. Super cool.

Face built into the outside corner of the decoration building.

The main structure in Tulum. These old historical places are so interesting to me.

A walkway in the middle of Tulum. I thought it was way pretty and the shade felt really good.

Tulum was built on the top of a rock seashore so that they would be protected from their enemies and it was prefect for selling and trading.

Monkey man back at our hotel climbing the palm tree so that we could open a coconut.

Our last day. :( We were so sad to leave. I could have sat on the beach forever and just watched the waves come in.

Overall it was the perfect vacation. We have a couple good stories to tell but we still can't wait to go back. We love Cancun!

The Bad and the Good

2010-03-24T11:41:00.004-06:00

Were to start? I lot has happened lately. Good or bad news first? Lets do bad...

Bad new is I think that my kidney stones or whatever problems they are came back. I wasn't too happy about it. I guess it could have been worse. The pain attacks aren't as strong as before but they also aren't as so short so who knows what to do now. It came back for our trip to St. George but only for the last day there. I was ok to play in the sun but it made for a nauseating trip home. Valerie fixed me the most disgusting drink to help get rid of them while we were down there. I'm still debating if it was worth it but the pain hasn't come back yet so it just may have done the trick! If so I owe you big time Val.

Even though I got my kidney problems again and may or may not have gotten rid of it, there was so much good last week too. For one we got to go down to St. George and hang out with Debbie, Gary, Jenae, Jared, Val and the kids for the whole weekend! I found out Kamri and Kaden still love me and got to play the fun Aunt all weekend. Saturday was nice weather but Sunday was perfect!! It was so nice to play in the sun and relax all day. Jenae got fried though poor girl. We did a ton of shopping of Saturday and started to get prepped for summer with some new clothes! Thats always a good thing for a girl.

And one of my favoritest good things for last week was after 4 years of dreaming I am finally going to get to enjoy the warm sun and beaches of Cancun!! I can't tell you how excited I am. There was always something in the way but not this year (knock on wood)....stupid hurricanes and swine flu. We are going to head down to the sun in May. I better start working on my tan and toning up my bikini body. If only it really were possible to become all brown like Kyle. I can dream.

Thats pretty much our week in a wrap. We are still trying to pass Super Mario Brothers and watching tons of movies waiting for the sun to come so give us a call. We love the company!

Can you believe it a post without pictures?

Non-Sunny St George...what?

2010-03-17T14:27:00.000-06:00

For Jake's 30th birthday we got to take a little vacation with them to St. George. It was really fun to get away and not be in the snow at home. I have been to Mesquite and St. George more times then I can count and I have never hit non-sunny weather down there so it was a little weird but we loved it still the same. It was so nice to get to hang out with Jared and Val and the kids. Thanks Jared for all the awesome hook ups!! We were able to hang out with them the whole weekend and just relax. Because we were so relaxed we slacked a little on the picture taking. Here are a couple that we did manage to take.

Jake and Anneli had tried to find the "Dixie Rock" that we talked about before but were unsuccessful on their first attempt so we showed them the ropes. On top of the Dixie Rock is a really pretty view of the St. George Temple. The cloudy weather made for pretty pictures and good hiking so all wasn't lost with the lack of sun.

Anneli and I climbing through the rocks

At the Dixie Rock there are tons of trails, you seriously could play there all day. One cool thing we found the first time we went was a little house in the rock. Here is us by the doorway.

Kyle's Big Idea

2010-03-16T12:59:00.000-06:00

Back in High School, Kyle would go with his friends up to the old ski lift up Payson Canyon and jump the road. He loved doing that and ever since he got home from his mission his number one plan for the winter is to take the snowmobiles up Payson Canyon and build another jump like he did before. This Winter his big plan finally worked! A couple Saturdays ago we were able to round up a couple snowmobiles and take a trip to jump the road. I'm glad that Kyle finally got to act on his big idea but we defiantly had a couple hard feelings at the end of the day. That is a whole different post that will never get published though.

It was the perfect day to go snowboarding. It was warm (especially when you are working on building the jump) and then it snowed really pretty at the end of the trip.

Kyle showing off his awesome skills. It was really cool to see him snowboard. I had never seen him jump or anything like that before.

You can see that it was about to snow in the back ground. It was super pretty.

Kyle starting the hike to the top again. I love this picture.

Karissa and I decide about 20 mintues before all the boys were leaving that we thought the trip sounded fun. We we packed up the tubes and got to come along for the fun.

I love that Kyle and Kyson are such good friends. Don't even ask what they are doing in this picture, I don't know.

Home Sweet Home

2010-03-04T11:34:00.000-07:00

About a year ago all my High School friends got together and decided that we wanted to start up our Girl's Nights again. We have tried this more then once and it would work for a couple months and then die off. I am happy to say that we haven't missed a month yet...knock on wood. It is really nice to get together as just girls once a month and do something fun. We go to chick flicks, out to dinner, make dinner together, and most of all CRAFTS! I have really liked having different projects to work on and look forward to and now my house is looking more like a home and for cheap! I will show you my latest works...

It all started with these bean balls. They were way fun to make. I think they add a fun touch to my coffee table and instead of them being at least $6 a piece they were about $6-10 total.

When we first made the bean balls I had this one in mind but it was the wrong time of the year. I waited until Fall and then all my family went on a walk to look at the Fall leaves and while we were there we collected hundreds of acorns. I took the tops off all of them and after tons of spray paint and glue...here it is! I was pleased but the picture didn't work out so well. Sorry about that.

Now that I had a good coffee table I wanted to keep it safe. These coasters were only 32 cents each! Thanks Whitney for your creativity on the stamping.

I didn't have any Valentine's decorations so we were all excited to make this heart wreath. Isn't it cute?!

More Valentine's decorations. I wish that I could keep them out all year cause now I have to figure out what to put in its place. Any ideas? Here is where they were sitting...

On my new wall table! 20 bucks!! Sweet huh. The front room always seemed empty so hopefully this will start to fill things up.

By far the biggest accomplishment are my new curtains!! After 5 months, a couple set backs (stressful mind you), help from Debbie, and tons from my Mom they are done!! I was very pleased with my sewing skills and grateful for all the help that Debbie and my Mom were so willing to offer. It was a really big job, with 5 windows to cover but it fits perfect and warms up the room a lot. It really makes my house seem more like a home. I love it!

In the above picture you can see this painting above the fireplace. It was my Christmas from Kyle! Even though he thought it was the most boring Christmas present ever I was glad he would still get me it because I love it. I think it is beautiful!

Curtains in the front room

And last but not least...our new recliner! It took no sleep and 5 hours of line baby sitting on the day after Thanksgiving to bring this baby home but I love it and the price was well worth it. The picture looks a little funny cause it is really a chocolate brown color so just imagine k?

Because we were in the curtain mode and it took so long I still wanted to have curtians in our bedroom but not spend the time making them. There was only one place to go...IKEA! Chocolate brown is a little easier to find then the right shade of red so it worked out great. They actually have a flower design to them that is really pretty and took zero sewing! All you had to do was apply a strip, iron it to make the seam and cut. It was awesome.

I know what you probably didn't really care to see all that but I finally feel like we are in more of a home now and the excitement was too much to not share! hehe

Luckiest Girl Alive

2010-03-03T11:54:00.000-07:00

I know I haven't been able to get on and update for a while but I wanted to let everybody know that I am the luckiest girl alive. Kyle is so amazing. He treats me like a princess and works so hard to take care of us and still does great in school. He always is more patient then he should be with me. I can't wait to come home and be with him. Thank goodness for weekends! Thanks for everything you do Babes. Especially all your help these last couple days.

These are my Valentine's flowers! Aren't they beautiful?! I love them! I'm a little sad cause I think I will have to throw them away today. :( We had a really good Valentine's day weekend. We went to lunch at PF Changs and saw Valentine's Day on Saturday and then Kyle and Nate made Pena Rosa for Katie and I on Sunday. They are good little chefs. Thanks for the great weekend Honey...I know I'm late.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

2010-02-08T14:17:00.000-07:00

We were able to kick off the new year with a short snowmobiling trip. It was the first time of the season so we were unsure how the snowmobiles were going to run. I wasn't the smoothest running trip but it worked out ok and we had a lot of fun. We had to drive a little bit farther cause the snowmobiles aren't registered and we have a little bit of private property up Nephi canyon but there was tons of snow so it was worth it. Needles to say, Kyle is itching to get in another trip soon. Too bad there haven't been many snow storms this year. I don't really mind it though cause I'm pretty ready for warm weather again.

It was Nate and Katie's first time snowmobiling.

Running into the Proper-T. It was hard to get the snowmobile in because there was so much powder. Eventually we made it in but the first time we had to hike it. All the new powder made everything really pretty.

Kyle getting one of the snowmobiles unstuck at our gate and Katie standing by the "Big Pine". I think that tree is really cool so I was trying to take a picture of it to show how big it is.

Tubing is seriously my favorite thing to do outside in the winter!

And yet another hobby...

2010-01-20T11:17:00.000-07:00

My Dad LOVES guns and has gotten into reloading and shooting a lot lately. I think it is a good hobby for him to have. He gets so excited about everything and wants all of his kids to get guns too. So this year he helped me find a .22 for Kyle for Christmas. It was a combined gift from Mom and Dad to both of us and then from me to Kyle. It was a great idea cause Kyle loves it. All he has wanted to do since is go shooting and bunny hunting.

Here are a couple pictures of Kyle trying it out for the first time the day after Christmas.

It was freezing but they loved it.

Dad also got a new gun for Christmas from Grandpa. It was pretty fun to shoot. He also got the ear muffs I was wearing. They are the coolest things. I want to get them for Kyle now. It amplifies all the quite sounds but then when you shoot a gun you can hardly hear it. Its awesome!

Eric, Dad, Kyson, Kyle, and Jake

Jake loading his mussel loader. The face explains it all.

Christmas

2010-01-19T10:37:00.000-07:00

We were really blessed this year. Christmas was so wonderful. We got to spend lots of time together and with our family and friends. Kyle had lots of extra time off to take at work or he would lose it so he was home enjoying life a lot more then I was. I was pretty jealous but its ok.

All growing up we never woke up super early for Christmas. My parents wouldn't let us wake up any of the kids. They had to wake up on their own and there was always a baby so it seemed like forever until they would wake up. It was always at least after 7 when my parents would start getting the camera ready. We had to stay upstairs until everybody was up and they had the camera ready. This always caused anxiety for me as a kid cause I was so excited I couldn't handle it but now it works out perfect. I am the only kid that isn't still living at home so Kyle and I like to get up Christmas morning and have our own little Christmas together and then head down to Spanish Fork to be with my siblings for their Christmas Morning also. It is fun to be there with them. After presents we visit Grandparents a little bit and then head over to Kyle's family Christmas party. It works out perfect. We love spending time with all our family.

Kyle with all his presents. He was so cute, he had to show everybody his new toys so he filled up his back pack and took everything with him on Christmas.

Kyle spoiled me for sure. I should have only received the picture but he couldn't understand how a picture is a good gift so he got me some clothes and a couple other things. You can't have Christmas without new clothes so I loved his thoughtfulness.

My new picture!! It looks perfect over the fireplace. The cool thing about this picture is that it is a double frame. There is a second picture of the Salt Lake Temple at Christmas time so I can just switch them at Christmas time and it is a whole new picture. I love it!

Kaden in his new football chair from Santa. He was so excited. It was way cute. He said it was the best Christmas ever.

Kyle with Jacee's bird. Every year Jacee asks for a puppy and never gets one but this year she got smarter and asked for a bird. We wanted one also so we got a bird the same time as Jacee and kept them a secret at our house until Christmas. Jacee's bird is definatley cooler then ours at this point. We need to work on our training skills I guess.

Secert Tunnels

2010-01-12T14:00:00.000-07:00

You know how when you were little and you always dreamed of having tunnels in your house when you grow up? Well my boss does and they were WAY fun! They have a set of tunnels in between the main floor and basement in their house. They are still painting it but it has windows and really nice carpet and lights. When I build a house I would love to have something like this.

We went to his house for our work Christmas party but anytime we weren't eating or playing games we were army crawling in the tunnels. It was a pretty good workout.

To go into the tunnels you would have to dive head first into one of the openings in the living room. There is enough room for a little kid to crawl and turn around in it but for us we had to go in the way we wanted to face so we had to dive in and then we would have to army crawl everywhere.

They had a basket from IKEA that they cut a hole in the bottom to cover up the tunnel entrance. If you didn't know that there was a hole in the floor those pictures would look pretty weird.

Jake standing in the tunnel

Kyle in the tunnels. You can see some of the windows on the side. If you were downstairs in the game room you could see the people in the tunnels crawling along the ceiling.

Me coming to one of the openings in the tunnel.

Kyle and I in a mini room that was were two of the tunnels met together. It was almost big enough for us to sit up. We were in the "attic" of a closet.

Jake getting ready to see the other half of the tunnels and Kyson coming from a different tunnel.

Another way to get in and out of the tunnels is through a hole in the wall on the stairs. It was pretty cool.

There was a step up at one point that was probably only best for the kids to use but we had to try it out. I could make it through just fine but there were only a couple guys that could fit. Its only about 2 feet long until it opens back up again but it was just a little too long for Kyle. He was able to squish through if he breathed out all of his air and then had somebody pull or push him though. We was stuck for a second in this picture. haha

Video of the tunnels. Its a little shaky cause Kyle was army crawling through but you can see it a little bit. Jake and I are at one end waiting for them to go and Kyson is at the other.

One Year Older

2010-01-11T13:09:00.000-07:00

I really should be posting about Kyle's birthday but next on my list is Jenae's birthday and I forgot to take pictures on Kyle's birthday last Friday so I can do them both together.

I can't believe Kyle is 23 now. I know that its not really that old but it is another step to getting old and I personally would like to stay young so its a little scary. He still acts young though...check out the picture of Kyle from Jenae's birthday.

Typical Kyle face

I also can't believe how big Jenae is getting. She had her 14th birthday in November.

I didn't notice until now but most of the pictures we took for Jenae's birthday were with our grandparents. They are the best grandparents ever.

Kaden with Grandma Elaine

Grandma Sally and Kyle

Kyson with Grandpa Bob trying to pull the GQ pose. haha not really but that would have been super funny.

Me and Grandpa Doug

All But Ice Fishing

2010-01-07T16:46:00.000-07:00

I'll start from were I left off in my last posts....

For anybody that knows us even a little bit knows that Kyle LOVES fishing. I think these pictures help prove my point. Doesn't it look crazy freezing? As you could guess I chose the warmer option and stayed home this trip to scrapbook but Jake, Kyson, Kyle and Dad had fun.

I love the fog that is covering the lake. It definatly makes for some cool pictures.

Kyle with his catch! The boys are smarter then you think... That propane heater in the back actually kept them pretty warm from what I hear.

Kyson with his catch

And this winner is... Ok so I don't really know if this picture is from the same trip cause I'm pretty sure it started raining when they came home but its a fish worth showing off so I added it still the same.

Ok Ok

2010-01-05T21:03:00.000-07:00

Just a heads up that I am working on getting things updated so stay tuned. Things might be a little updated and from the wrong season but it is coming.....

The perfect one...

2009-11-24T11:00:00.000-07:00

It took over a month of looking and we almost gave up a couple times but it finally paid off. We found the perfect truck! It is more then we were ever imagining. We are really grateful that we didn't settle on something that we only half-way wanted cause we were seriously thinking about it a couple times. We got a super good deal so we are really really happy about that. We are still really excited so we thought we would share our good news...

We got our truck from an auction in California so we hadn't seen it at all until we went to the dealership to pick it up. It was a little scary but fun. I thought it would be fun to catch Kyle's reaction the first time he saw the truck. He is still on cloud 9. I think is it cute.

Here it is!! I have 2 favorite things about it. First is the color!! It is exactly what we wanted plus some. The Charcoal Gray was our first pick and then we would have been ok with any dark color. Mostly the dark color was me cause a truck is suppose to look mean and strong and I thought dark colors were "mean". haha This color is really hard to find. It has a brownish tint to it and the color on the bottom isn't the normal tan it is a creamish color. Needless to say we love it.

Kyle was worried about the upgrades the previous owner added but they will be good for now. The grill is super nice but the wheels I think are going to be way too expensive of an up keep so we will see what happens when that day comes.

My second favorite thing are the heated seats! It is wonderful! Girls...need I say more? Kyle wanted the bucket seats in the front but I wasn't too sure about it. The heated seats are quickly changing my mind.

A Little Late I know

2009-11-18T18:39:00.000-07:00

This is how our Halloween went this year. For some reason I had a really hard time getting into the spirit of Halloween so it snuck up on us and we weren't ready for the Alvey Halloween Party. Mandi was awesome and let me barrow her cute witch costume and Kyle went as a Huka Warrior. I thought he looked super cool.

Jake did all of the drawing for us. Good thing cause I have the drawing skills of a 4 year old. Its sad.

Jake and Anni

Jack loves Star Wars. I thought his costume was the cutest ever.

On Halloween we decided to dress up as dead Cheerleaders. I was pretty excited to still fit into my old uniforms and Kyle was able to wear my old Drill Jumpsuit. I thought is was pretty funny.

The Wind Talks Back

2009-11-04T16:21:00.000-07:00

The first time I read this post I felt like it was talking right to me. It was helping me know that things aren't as rough as I think they are and that I am so SO blessed. It helped me see trials in a true perspective. I have never been good with words so just read it. You will love it. She is amazing.

Good Bye Summer

2009-10-01T16:09:00.001-06:00

It was really hard to me to let go of Summer this year. I was not ready to freeze everyday and have snow for 4 months but then I remembered Fall. I love the leaves changing colors and all the fall candles that make everybody's houses smell amazing. I love the jackets and being wrapped up in blankets with hot chocolate. But most of all the love the smell of Fall when you walk outside and the crisp air blows in your face and everything feels fresh and new. I think Fall is my favorite smell of all time!

It seems like things have been getting tough for everybody lately and sometimes I get caught up in all the worrying but I realized all I have to do is take a step outside and take a deep breath or go for a drive up the canyon and see the beautiful leaves and all my worries start to fade away. I can't get over how pretty things are right now and how wonderful Fall smells. I love the colors and the crisp breeze!

The peace that I feel when I take a walk outside during this time of the year is just one way that Heavenly Father lets me know that everything will be ok. I need to try to keep that peace with me all the time. But until I master that art I will continue to enjoy all the blessings of Fall....thank you for the reminder.

2009-09-24T16:30:00.000-06:00

My little sister Jacee had her 12th birthday a couple weeks ago so to celebrate we all went bowling. It has been a long time since all of us had been bowling together so we ending up playing 4 games. It was a lot of fun.

Jacee (the birthday girl), Jenae and Mom

Kyle and I....before...you will see...

We got Dad's shoes for him and were happy to know that they had a size 12 for him but in our curiosity we had to ask what their biggest size was. So as a joke we gave him size 18 shoes!! They were so big! He was really confused and all he could say was wooooh over and over again.

Kaden and Jenae. For future reference, bowling balls smallest weight is 6 pounds. haha Jacee and Kaden struggled but ended up doing very well and gained a little muscle at the same time. ;)

The after picture... Kyle and I like to make bets while bowling. For like the last 4 times we have gone he has kicked my trash and I'm pretty competitive so it never made me too happy but this time I did awesome!!! Well, for my standards. This is Kyle's sad face cause he was loosing. I think it is so cute. I won a head, neck, back, and butt message as well as I got to pick were to eat dinner that night. Sconecutter anyone?! Speaking of, I still need to claim my other winnings. Can messages gain interest. haha

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

2009-08-28T10:32:00.000-06:00

Mandi wanted to go to the Owlz game and with it only ending up to be $2 a person we were all for it! Owlz kicked trash that night so that made the deal even better. I mean who wants to watch a crappy team right?

Josh, Mandi, Me and Kyle

Eric, Whitney, Josh, Mandi, and Me. I'm still waiting for your update Whitney....

Ice Blocking

2009-08-27T10:23:00.000-06:00

Ice blocking is so much fun...the end. Mmmk? Ok it may get a little dangerous at times but we all turned out ok at the end of the night so its all good. I'll show you what I mean...

Our 3 man tower...during the ride...

And after...

After we found out that we were safe from the crash we took a good picture. Isn't Jenae pretty? I can't believe how grown up she is. Its a good thing I'm all moved out cause I would be wearing all her clothes and she might not like me as much after that. ;)

Kyson, Max, and Eric's attempt at the 3 man tower. Kyle gave them a good push to get started. Before...

And after... haha I think Max is laughing at Kyson groaning in pain. haha Being on bottom of those 2 boys took courage I'm sure.

The record long train of the night. Sydney, Jenae, Jacee, Andy, Dillan, Payton, and Kaden.

Eric, Max, Kyle, and Kyson at the end of the night. I can't look at this picture without laughing. Notice Kyle's face and then that it looks like he peed his pants. And then Kyson looks like a charging handicap. I love it.

Fishing, 4-wheelers, and Guns

2009-08-26T11:10:00.000-06:00

Fishing...

Dad and Kaden have been wanting to go fishing for a long time so we took them to this awesome pond where you can catch dozens of fish but....just because we took them there we didn't catch one thing. It was pretty sad. I guess we will just have to go again soon. :)

Kaden, Dad and Kyle on the dock. I took this as Mom and I drove away to the fabric store. I could have stayed in that store for hours!!

Kaden and Kyle trying to fish around the moss. I think that is what messed things up cause when we went there last time there was no moss. It kinda grossed me out.

Mom the supervisor

4-Wheeling...

After fishing we went on a short trip up Spanish Fork Canyon to go riding and shooting. Dad found this new place that was pretty fun.

Mom trying to cheer up Jenae. Can you tell her smile is a little forced? haha

And Guns...

I think this was what the boys were most excited for. Dad has tons of guns so Kyle is all about going and trying them all out with him. They have a lot of fun together.

Kyle being a hard a$%. I kinda like it!

Dad and Kyle

That gun was pretty heavy for me but that didn't stop Kaden. He just went over to his 4-wheeler and started finding the targets.

Me trying it out...believe it or not I'm a super good aim when I am trying!

Jenae and Dad

$2 Tuesdays

2009-08-21T16:59:00.000-06:00

The Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point is having $2 Tuesdays for the whole month of August so a couple weeks ago we got to go and see everything. It is amazing how big they were. I think they are so fascinating to learn about.

Jacee, Mom, Jenae, and Eva looking at the Dinosaurs.

Kyle and I by a Utah Raptor.

Jack playing at the Erosion table. We thought it was so cute that he was just hanging there on his tummy so that he could reach the sand and water.

Mom and Kaden playing in the sand.

Jake...well...being Jake. Doesn't it look like he is conquering the Triceratops?

Kaden, Jenae, and Mom at the Giant Turtle. I don't know what it is called but it was HUGE! Look at how big that head is.

One of my Favorite Summer Things

2009-08-21T14:11:00.000-06:00

A couple weeks ago we got to float the Provo River. I just barely got pictures from Mandi and since it is one of my favorite things to do in the summer I thought I should post it. This year the river was FREEZING (especially if you fall in...no comment) and a lot faster then normal but it was still super fun and I can't wait until next year to go again.

Mandi, Corinna, Kyle, Me, Max, and Eric

Me and Kyle

Whitney holding on while Eric shows how real paddling is done. Flip flops are a must.

Kate and Mandi

Kyson, Whitney, Eric, Kyle, Me, Jordan, Corinna, Elise, Ted, Kate, Mandi, Katie, Nate.

Yellowstone: Part 2

2009-08-12T18:24:00.000-06:00

Before we went home we wanted see just a little more of Yellowstone so we drove over to the "Grand Canyon of Yellowstone". All I can say is wow!

Yellowstone River. It was huge!

Me, Kyle, Jenae, and Jacee at the Yellowstone River.

The Upper Falls

Climbing down the 358 stairs of Uncle Tom's Trail to see the view of Lower Falls.

The view during our hike. There was a rainbow in the middle of the view most of the time but I must have been at the wrong angle to catch it in the picture.

We made it to the bottom of the Lower Falls! It was so so beautiful. I'm so glad that we were able to make it to Yellowstone this year. It makes us want to travel all the time.

Yellowstone: Part 1

2009-08-12T17:26:00.000-06:00

We finally made it! I kept telling Kyle that I wanted to go somewhere new this Summer and we decided we would start with Yellowstone. It was a little scary going somewhere new but we finally just packed up and left. I seriously think that it was one the the best decisions we have made. haha It was the prettiest place I have ever been and we already wish that we could go back. If anybody is going let us know!! Because we absolutely loved Yellowstone we have tons of pictures and I'm really bad and narrowing down things so sorry for the picture over load...for reals there are tons. Here is day one!!

Yellowstone!! We took my little sisters Jenae and Jacee. They thought that they were just going for a normal camping trip but ended up loving it there too.

This Geyser didn't stop spraying the whole time we were there. It was pretty cool to watch all of them go off. There are tons all over the park.

I couldn't get over how pretty and rich the colors were. One of my favorite things there were all the rivers and waterfalls.

Me and my handsome man by a river.

Jenae, me and Jacee at one of the rivers.

Old Faithful was on the top of my list of things to see so that is were we headed first. It was so amazing to see. I can't believe that it goes that high and so often. Defiantly a must-see.

After Old Faithful we stopped at Black Sand Basin. Behind us is Cliff Geyser going off. All the Geysers made everything so steamy outside. We kept saying that you would never know if Yellowstone was on fire or not because of all the steam that is everywhere.

One of the many pretty springs.

I can't get over the bright colors!

Jacee and I by Emerald Pool

The girls at the bottom of the hike to Mystic Falls. I thought that the log was super cool.

I loved how thick the trees were, this picture kinda gives you the idea.

This is the view of the river that we had for most of the hike. It was SO pretty!

This is the end result. I got sick (like always) on the way up to the river but it was so worth the 2.5 mile hike.

Grand Prismatic Spring. It was huge! 200 ft wide and over 42 ft deep. Again...the colors were amazing.

Grand Prismatic Spring and view

On our way home we decided to take a little 2 mile detour to Firehole Falls and this was our reward.

Roofing

2009-08-11T08:48:00.000-06:00

Grandpa and Grandma needed a new roof on their house really bad so Dad, Kyson, Jake, and my Uncle John worked all day and then Kyle and I came after work and helped them at night. I can't say that I helped a ton but I'm super good at having more nails ready, getting drinks, and talking pictures. The boys on the other hand had a pretty nasty job. They had to tear off 3-4 layers before getting to the roof and then since it was so old it needed to be covered with plywood before they re-shingled...not to mention it was burning hot outside. It was really cool to see everybody come together to get the job done.

Dad was one of the official scrapers. He worked all day to scrap off all the old layers.

Jake, Grandpa, and Kyson cutting the plywood. The straw hats ended up being the "Nailing Crew" for that night.

Kyson and Kyle finishing up nailing down the tarp.

Supervisors: Anneli, Madi, Grandma, and Nicole. Grandma and Nicole always had cold drinks and food ready. They were life savers for the boys.

The Crew after day 1. Kyson, Kyle, Jake, Dad, John. If you look at Dad closely you will see that they are at least 3 huge holes in his pants. All that scraping really took a toll on his pants.

After a week of hard work the roof is done and looks great! I will have to remember to take a picture of the finished project.

FHE at Bridal Veil Falls

2009-08-04T19:55:00.000-06:00

The latest and greatest of Family Home Evenings was to hike up to Bridal Veil Falls. The water was FREEZING!! I don't remember it being like that before but I haven't been up there for a really long time.

All the Family hiking up the trail. Notice that there are no big boys...they were all running ahead with the giant frisbee. Yes, Jake was caring Madi on his back while running and yes, the frisbee did almost go in the river at least once.

Jacee, Jake, Me, Jenae, Mom, and Kaden. I was really glad that they could make it. My family seems to be getting so big! Its really weird that I can wear my little sister's clothes now.

Us at the bottom of the waterfall.

Madi and Eva didn't like to play in the water much but they loved to suck on all the rocks. I thought it was so cute.

My cute mommy, me, and my gorgeous little sister Jenae. Pretty sure we took about 17 of these pictures on the walk back down. It was pretty funny.

Kyle and I at the bottom of the trail. It was perfect weather and I didn't want to go home. I love summer nights.

Jack was so cute. He didn't want to go home so he was crying in the back of the truck. He is our little buddy and I think he is so cute when he crys but it is still sad. :(

Spanish Fork Ro-dae-o

2009-07-31T19:34:00.000-06:00

To top off our fun crazy weekend we got to go to the Spanish Fork Rodeo on Saturday night. I love the rodeo and try to make it every year. Where else am I going to wear my cute cowboy boots? Even though were we all over the place, it was fun to have everybody at the rodeo... sorry Debbie and Gary, they were too far away for a photo op.

Jake and Anni in their freakin' awesome sets that we got them. Remind me to buy the sets like that next year. You have all the foot room you need!

Kaden, Mom, and Jacee. They got tickets last minute and Kaden had to sit on the stairs but it was worth it. He was so so excited to be there.

Kyle, Me, Sarah, Kerry, Nate, and Katie. Kyle can't seem too look right at the camera sometimes but I love him still the same. It reminds me of bridals...don't take pictures by a road were he can look at all the motorcycles drive by. haha

Waiting for Kerry and Nate to come with the tickets.

Can I just say that we love Whitney and Eric? They found us tickets to the Rodeo on Wednesday and we were so excited to go with them! Thank you so much guys!! We are way excited that you have moved so close to us and now we can play lots again.

Our Crazy Holiday Weekend

2009-07-30T21:50:00.000-06:00

We had a really busy Holiday weekend but we can't ever sit still for very long anyways so it was perfect. On Thursday night we headed down to the drive-in in Mount Pleasant to watch Transformers 2. I was so excited to go to the drive-in and then watching Transformers 2 on such a big screen just sweetened the deal. My grandparents have property up Nephi Canyon so we decided to spend the night there and then head to Yuba in the morning to meet Zach and Kate and Jake and Anni. We had a lot of fun swimming and playing on the waverunner all day. I will have to get pictures from Kate and Anni soon.

Zach had been planning on staying the night and camping at Yuba but with it being so busy on the 24th he couldn't get a decent spot. We hated to see them disappointed so we desided to skip out on the Spanish Fork Fireworks and let them enjoy the fun of the Proper-T.

Jenna, Brady, and Brooke in the "Big Pine".

Kate was so prepared with tons of food! We got to roast hot dogs and smores by the Fire Pit.

Zach, Brooke, Kate, and Jenna

Kyle having fun with the fire.. We were really glad that we got to spend the night with Zach and Kate and the kids. I think that they had lots of fun too.

Summer Fun With Family

2009-07-30T21:40:00.000-06:00

We have been having a lot of fun, outdoors Family Home evenings lately. 2 weeks ago we went to Burraston Pond, last week we went to Thanksgiving Point's Pioneer Days and this week we went to Bridal Veil Falls. I don't have pictures of Burraston Pond yet but I will post them when I do.

At Thanksgiving Point there were pioneer barn animals, games and crafts. It was fun to watch the kids play with all the animals. Anni helped all the kids make yarn dolls but Madi tried to feed hers to the pigs and that didn't go over so well. She did a lot better feeding the sheep though.

Madi trying to feed the sheep. She didn't want to let go of the corn. She's such a cutie.

Jake, Jack, Me, Madi, and Kyle on the carriage ride.

Halle loved to ride the horse. She couldn't stop smiling. Its a different story for Myli and Jack. They thought it was a little more scary.

Jack playing with the little baby pony. It was so cute!

A Blast From the Past

2009-07-01T23:16:00.000-06:00

Every year we have a big Tasker Family Reunion up at the Proper-T. Lynn does an amazing job coordinating all the food and games for about 80 people. This year the theme was A Blast From the Past. It was our 10th annual year so she thought it would be fun to bring a little something back from all the years. No matter what the theme there is always a little....

Relaxing and having Otter Pops or Ice Cream from Grandma...

Lots of picutre taking....

The big Horseshoe Tornament...

Tons of games and prizes (my famly is the best if you can't tell). We won 3 of the 4 in the tire roll...

And more games... Kyle, Kyson, and Jenae were Pro at the water balloon launching...

Jacee was Pro at catching them (or at least getting wet while trying)...

But best of all there is lots and lots of Family! We always have so much fun every year.

Zo, Me, Madi, Jenae, and Kaden

One Year!!

2009-06-20T22:32:00.000-06:00

Can you believe that we have now been married for one year? To celebrate Kyle found an awesome hotel in Park City up by the Canyons called Westgate. It was the nicest hotel I have ever stayed at. We loved the adult swimming area and our room with a super comfy bed, 2 flat screen TVs and steam shower. It had been raining all day so when we got up there everything was so beautiful and green.

This is a picture of our hotel in the background.

Kyle at the Crater in Midway. On the way home we took our time and visited Old Town Park City, Deer Creek, and Midway. It was a really fun drive.
I loved the Crater and want to go back there and swim in the super warm water. From what I understand it is an old volcano that is filled in water that feels like your bath tub. It is really clear and you can see far under the water. I guess it is a great place to learn how to Scuba Dive.

Zoo Fun

2009-06-06T23:11:00.000-06:00

We both hadn't been to the Zoo for at least 10 years so we were pretty excited to go with the family. We went with Zach and Kate and the kids, Debbie and Gary and Mandi. It was really fun to spend the day with them and see all the animals. I was a little upset though because I wanted to see polar bears, tigers, lions, and hippos and they were nowhere to be found. So not cool.

Us waiting for the park to open with a really cool bird in the background.

The famous Elephant. It was really cool if you ask me.

Mandi figured out this new trick and the Orangutans loved it! It was so cool to have them come right up to the glass and stare at you. It gave us a chance to stare right back at them and see them up close. They loved the light from the phone.

An Over Due Update

2009-06-02T17:43:00.000-06:00

I know I know, I'm really sorry. Life is crazy at the Alvey house in the summer. We are never home, no joke. We are always busy and running around. It is a fun life and I wouldn't change it. True one day babies mess up the carefree life but we're young and have time so why not wait a couple more years? Right?!

Kyle has been busy on Monday nights with baseball games. Their team ended up getting 2nd in the Season and 2nd in the Tournament. Not bad if you ask me. They were actually undefeated for the first 7 games! It was really fun to watch them but I'm super bummed that I forgot my camera, EVERY SINGLE WEEK! Ahhh Sad day.

Other then just loving to be outside in the sun that we are finally having we are working a little on decorating our house. There are so many things I want. One day right? We now have a super sweet movie selection also so anybody that wants to come play give us a call we would love the company.

So the first update is Memorial Day. We headed to Mesquite again and it was super fun. We loved listing Jared and Val again and just relaxing. We sure miss them. We fit in a little shooting, swimming, driving the golf carts (Jordan couldn't get enough of that) and the temple. St. George is one of my favorite temples so far. It was fun to have Jordan and Corinna there with us. Here are a couple pictures.

I can't get over these pretty colors. I love it!

Kaden's Big Fish

2009-05-29T16:12:00.000-06:00

We found the perfect little pond in St George to take Kaden fishing. I should have figured that fishing is enough excitement for a little boy, note to self, don't let him get whatever drink he wants at the Gas Station. Mountain Dew doesn't mixed well with such an excited little boy. I swear he should have fallen in the pond about 5x before we finished but he is talented at jumping and not falling in I guess. Not falling in the pond wasn't his only talent though. Kaden caught is first fish!! And it has HUGH! haha That's what he will tell you. It was so big it was the size of Kyle's hand... Overall it was a really fun day. Although I felt bad for missing the girls dancing, I'm glad I got to be with the boys to experience Kaden's growing love for fishing. I should have guessed he would love it with Kyle as his teacher. Kyle can't stop thinking about fishing. I can't blame him though. I think its pretty fun too.

Kaden's first fish
Waiting for the bite. I got to work on my tan and hold the pull until w got a bite and then he would run over and reel it in with help from Kyle. It was a pretty good system.
My handsome guy!

Better Late then Never

2009-05-12T17:24:00.000-06:00

I know this vacation was about a month ago but sometimes things just get a little crazy. Especially when you have a husband that can NEVER sit still. We are always on the move but I like it that way. We love Mesquite and have managed to make a trip down there about once a month this year so sorry for the picture overload from all our trips down there. Things should be slowing down for a couple months (at least from visiting Mesquite) because of the heat but who really knows.
We found a fun park to explore on top of the white Dixie in St George. It has a beautiful view. I know its hard to see but the Saint George Temple is in the back ground.
Me, Jenae, and Mom.
We did a lot of exploring this trip and found some really fun places to visit. We are at a water park in St George in this picture.
Outside Brigham Young's Winter House is this tree that was stuck by lightening. They performed a little surgery and it is good to go for many more years now! It was a really fun place to visit. I suggest you see it as least once if you are in the area. In the picture is: Mom, Kaden, Kyle, Me, Jacee, and Jenae. It was really fun to go down there with them!
Kyle playing Paddle Ball at a park near Jared and Val's new home. We sure miss them but it is really fun to take a weekend and go visit them. I think that Paddle Ball is my new found favorite activity. I wish that we had a court up North. :(
Mandi's favorite part of the park. She is the Swing Master!

In need...

2009-04-30T15:01:00.000-06:00

All this suggestion of warm weather is making us start to itch. I have been planning on getting a tan this summer (for the first time ever, pretty much) by going on a super sweet vacation. It looks like disappointment is in the air for a lot more people then just me because of this big Swine Flu scare and the economy. Those 2 combined don't make the best situations when it comes to fun in the sun but what can you do? So... we are open to suggestions and Mesquite trips... anyone else? We got to take advantage of the "safe" sun this summer, right? Also, I am dieing for a Dew so this is a call out to the Alvey's... find me some good deals k? Sun and Dew? You can't go wrong!

Escape From the Snow

2009-04-16T15:30:00.000-06:00

I can't believe how much snow there is at my house right now. I walked out the front door and the snow went half way up to my knees. Are you kidding me? You would never think that it was April. Most people are getting really frustrated about the crazy weather but to me it doesn't matter. I have one more day and I'm outta here! We are head to sunny Mesquite, NV for the weekend and it couldn't be better timing. We will leave the snow and go to 75-88 degree weather and then by the time we get back the snow should be long gone! We are so excited!! It is the perfect escape. It light of the fun more summer-like weekend ahead I thought I would add a couple pictures to this post of our Spring trip to Mesquite last year.
On our four-wheeling trip we found a fun little cave to play in.
Dad and Kaden on our ride. He always seems happier in the Mountains on a four-wheeler. I wish that he could come this time. Stupid work!
Can you believe Kyle has been home for a year? We went a couple weeks after he got home. I can't believe how time flies.
Kyson and Kaden

Adventures at the Bottomless Pit

2009-04-13T09:31:00.000-06:00

After rounding up all the glass bottles and gas that we could find we headed out to the bottomless pit. It is the perfect place for some good dangerous fun. Not just the fact that if you fell through the hole in the grate you would fall to your death but when you get a couple boys together with gas and matches you know its not the safest place to be. If you put all that aside it really is a fun activity to do on a Saturday night!
Me, Mandi, and Yamihle
Kyle showing everybody how it is done. Good thing he didn't completely loose all his hair cause I told him I wouldn't love him anymore if he did and I'm pretty sure I couldn't follow through with that threat. He is such a cutie I can't help but love him.

Kyson and Max showing their true colors.
Kyle and Kyson.....uh?
It looked like they were having so much fun that we all had to join in. Good times!

Spur of the Moment

2009-04-13T09:20:00.000-06:00

A couple of weeks ago Kyle and I had just gotten home from work on a Friday night and didn't have any plans for the weekend yet. 2 phone calls and 30 minutes later we were on the road to Mesquite! It was fun to just pack up and leave. The weather was perfect down there, especially with it snowing back at home so we couldn't complain. Ted and Elise were able to come with us and have a little fun in the sun.
Kyle and Ted went to the Oasis Gun Club and shot at the clay pigeons while Elise and I kept score. My dad used to go every time we took a trip down there so it was fun to go there again.
On our way home we took the long way and drove through Zions. It was a super pretty drive. I hope that we can go back soon and take a couple days to go on some of the hikes. We took a couple stops and took some pictures but after we got out of the park the rest of the drive wasn't very fun (at least for me). Kyle thought that it was way cool for a change and spotted out a dozen good fishing spots but my hears decided to give me problems and didn't start to feel better until Nephi so our little detour felt super long to me.

2009-04-01T11:49:00.000-06:00

I thought this was fun and helps us know a little more information about everybody so here I go...

*post rules on your blog

*answer the 6 '8' items
*let each person know they are tagged by leaving them a 'comment'

8 Favorite TV Shows:

1. Lost
2. Heros
3. That 70's Show
4. Friends
5. Scrubs
6. House
7. King of Queens
8. Dirtiest Jobs

8 Things I did Yesterday:

1. Scrapbooked
2. Watched Lost
3. Worked
4. Ate KFC Chicken Bowl
5. Watched AFV
6. Tended a sleeping little boy
7. Finished Chapter 1 of Midnight Sun
8. Skipped Yoga

8 Things I am looking forward to:

1. Cancun!!
2. Summer
3. My Birthday
4. Mesquite
5. Jessie coming home
6. Getting a truck
7. Having a tan
8. Scrapbooking

8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. Chili's
2. Brick Oven
3. Pizza Factory
4. Mi Rancherito
5. Noddles and Company
6. Tucanos
7. Panda Express
8. The Roof

8 Things on my Wish List:

1. Go to Cancun
2. A Truck
3. Wii
4. I-touch
5. Visit Portugal
6. Warm weather
7. Clutch
8. A sun tan

8 People I tag:

1. Mandi
2. Andrea
3. Kate
4. Whitney
5. Megan
6. Brittany
7. Julianna
8. Ashlee

First Attempt

2009-03-18T13:10:00.000-06:00

Wow! Snowboarding is really fun but it hurts so bad!! I know that it will get better and that the first time is the worst so that gives me hope. Mandi, Jazz, Mike, Kyle and I went up to Brighton for a little bit of night boarding before the season was officially over. Kyle and I were feeling a little bummed cause we didn't get a chance to fully take advantage of the snow this winter. I'm glad that we got to have a little fun before it is gone. I was actually surprised that after the first run I started to figure things out a little bit. There are advantages and disadvantages to this. The good thing was it didn't take an hour to get down the hill anymore and it is a lot more fun when you are on your feet and in control. The bad thing is the faster you go the harder you fall. I learned this lesson good a couple times. I never would really fall back but I sure shot forward a couple times and my knees paid for it. I was waiting for the bruises to hit before I posted so I could share my beautiful battle wounds but they came and left as fast as when my board would flip forward and I was flying through the air. Besides the 3 day recovery period, I loved the trip and can't wait until next year when there will be powder instead of ice and we can go work our magic again. Funny how bodies are so quick to forget the pain. I guess without this little quirk we would be too scared to live life.
Kyle, Me, Mandi, and Jazz after the first run.
Yup, that's me up and going! I still couldn't tell you if I'm normal or goofy though.
Me, Kyle and Mike
After the first couple runs Mandi and I were confident enough to tackle the mountain ourselves. I know that the boys loved to go off and finally feel some speed! We needed a little break half way down and this is the product....

End of Road Work

2009-03-05T15:42:00.000-07:00

The construction zone has finally been completed!! In light of that I thought I would like to let you know a little more about us. There are so many things that we love to do that this is going to be harder then I thought. We are constantly out doing something or going somewhere. It makes life interesting!
We love to go Rock Climbing. I don't have much experience (or muscle for that fact) like Kyle does but it is fun to take off after work and get a climb in. We are only about 5 minutes away from Rock Canyon so it is easy to do.
Kyle has always loved to go Mountain Biking. Usually when he takes his Saturday trips with the boys I can get a little scrapbooking done. I love to be creative and do something productive with our pictures. I don't see the point in taking them if you are never going to have a way to look at them. In this picture Kyle is on Slick Rock Trail in Moab. We try to make a trip there once a year. Not only do you get to bike but you can swim in the Colorado River, hike through Arches, and camp. I still think camping in the Mountains is more fun though. Its not so hot but we still like them both.
Sundays in the summer are my most favorite days. We love to go wade the rivers and have picnics outside. When it gets a little cooler at night it is perfect to take walks or bike rides and lay on the grass watching the stars. We are getting really excited for summer now that the sun is starting to shine. Anything to do with outdoors in the summer is exciting.
We also love the beach and vacations! We have so many dream vacations that are just waiting to happen. One of our favorite vacations is to take the weekend and head down to Mesquite. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa we have that option! It is fun to go and relax in the sun.I'm pretty sure that this is top on Kyle's list right now. I don't think a day goes by without me hearing about how he wants to go fishing. Hopefully I will get my license soon so that I can start going with him!
Kyle grew up mountain biking but I grew up on four wheelers and motorcycles. I have been driving them since I can remember. We love to take them camping or shooting and spending time with family.
Kyle loves to go snowboarding. We are planning a trip soon but this is going to be my first attempt so I'm a little nervous. I'm going to need a lot of help...and messages.
Temples!! They are the most beautiful place inside and out. Church and temples are such a important part of our lives. I am so grateful to have married Kyle in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. It is such a blessing to have your family for time and all eternity.
I know it seems crazy right now but we love the snow....for a little while at least. We loved having a white Christmas this year. I think that if it is going to be cold there better be snow. Otherwise it can just get miserable. January is the worst for ice and no snow. We didn't take the opportunity to enjoy the snow by sledding and snowmobiling like we had hoped.

We love the little things in life and try not to take advantage of them. I will never pass up the chance to cuddle and watch a movie, drink Mt. Dew, smell the rain, stay up late, take a walk or sit outside, listen to the river flow, and hug all our loved ones. I am so grateful to have family close to share our time with. If you think I left anything out let me know. haha

Under Construction

2009-01-26T23:20:00.000-07:00

Everybody that knows me, knows that I am a big perfectionist and everything has to be the same and in order. For that reason I thought I would give you a little heads up. I am going to be updating and revising our blog over the next little while. I know it is surprising but we will see how this whole blogging world goes. That means that nothing will really be the same. All the posts now will be added to or changed a little and there will be new posts as well. Because I have to have things in order, it will mean that the newest post that I add really could be at the end. Good luck! For those of you that take a look at our blog I would like to thank you. My computer is SOOO slow, I wouldn't be wanting to do this for nothing.

New Years Eve

2009-01-01T17:34:00.000-07:00

Jake and Anni planned a New Year's Party at Debbie and Gary's this year. We played games all night to help bring in the new year. I'm so glad to have married into such a fun family.

Mandi, Valerie, Me and Kate

As long as there is Internet, this is what a day at the Alvey house looks like. They are always on their I-touches or computers. Kyle, Jared, Zach, and Gary.

Kate and I are rocking out on Guitar Hero showing our mad skills.

Brooke, Myli, and Kamri some of our cute little nieces.

Christmas in a Wrap

2008-12-13T17:30:00.000-07:00

We were super busy with Christmas parties and fun this year but we wouldn't have it any other way. I got a little lazy and didn't take many pictures this time but there is always next year. There were so many traditions that our families set that made the Season right. I hope that I will have traditions for my kids when the time comes so that they can't wait to come around family and join in the fun. Kyle and his brothers, Zach, Jake and Jared. Anni with Madi, Me, Mandi, and Jake at the Alvey Christmas Party.Kyle won the Jelly Bean count at the Sevy Christmas Party. He was so excited about winning. Just for the record guys, there was no cheating.

Eva won the Pooper Scooper count. She is a smart little girl. Pictured is Danny, Betsy, and Wyatt, Eva decided to take a little nap. All that counting wore her right out.

Our first Christmas Morning together! Good thing we have each other to spoil. I love him so much and want to give him everything. The "Christmas Limit" was a good idea on Kyle's part. Pretty sure that it will be a keeper for next year.

Jaws! In Florida's Universal Studios

2008-11-23T10:20:00.000-07:00

My work was awesome and sent Kyle and I to Orlando, Florida for the NAR (National Association of Realtors). They "hired" him for the week and paid everything for us to fly out there and work a couple days at the convention. Although the days were long and very tough on our feet, we had a lot of fun. I loved that I was able to spend all day with Kyle and share my work with him. I do have to admit that I still felt too little to be out there on my lonesome with just Kyle and I in the working world. It was a really good experience for us. If anything, its better to work in Florida for a week than at home in an office, right?

The people at NAR were nice enough to rent out Universal Studios for only participants and realtors/brokers. They also gave everybody $10 in Universal Bucks so that we could get our own souvenirs of our choice. Ok so most of the people thought that beer at a theme park was pretty cool but that's not how we roll so we got a sweet Spiderman mug and magnet. It is our new tradition to buy them for every place we visit together. It is a pretty fun tradition. If you ever want Kyle's famous hot chocolate at our house we got you covered. I admit that Jaws scared me that time; I'm a baby I know.

So did this lady. But when you have a 12 ft tall person a couple inches from you face when you turn around I think you would be scared too.

We couldn't fly out to Florida and not have a little non-work related fun so we stayed an extra day and because Disney World is so dang expensive we found Gatorworld. It was a pretty cool place to see. I was picked out of the crowd and had to hold this gynormous snake. I would show you the pictures but Kyle forgot to take them and filmed it all instead. It will be a good video to watch. I was tough, you would be proud.

We thought this Alligator's leg was going to fall off so we seriously took like 5 pictures.

We wanted to go to the Orlando Temple but we thought of it a little too late. I didn't know that we needed to keep our Recommends with us at all times so I guess that is a good thing to know now.
It was such a pretty temple. I wanted to go inside so bad.

There were super cool buildings down one of Orlando's main streets. 2 of them were upside down museums. I think that this one is called something like Wonder Worlds?

We couldn't come all the way to Orlando and not go to Disney World so now I have been there...sorta. I know it doesn't really count in my book either but we went to Down Town Disney and admired all the Lego statues. If that was as close as I can get I will take it. It was an attempt to jump start Kyle's memory. You would think that a trip like Disney World would be unforgettable but somethings...ok most things...just slip his mind. It was good to walk around and let the memories come back to him.

Boys and Girls of Every Age, Wouldn't You Like to See Something Strange

2008-10-31T14:38:00.000-06:00

Parties and more parties, you can never have enough fun! We had liked getting into the Halloween Spirit this year. It was our first Halloween together so it was fun to buy all the decorations and set everything up. We had a couple friends get together on Halloween so we had to make the house look nice!
Will and his date, Nate and Katie, Joe and Julie, Casey,Andrea and Jocelyn, Kyle and I, and Whitney and Eric all came to play. We played games like...
Eating doughnuts on a string. (I don't think one girl won)
And Bobbing for Apples.
Kyle and I were Nerds for the night but for the Alvey family Halloween Party he had to come up with the most perfect costume. What would work better then being the Newly Weds like we already are? It was really fun idea. You can't tell all the details to our costume but for those of you that want to know what a Newly Wed looks like, here is an idea...
Besides dressing up and watching scary movies for Halloween, every year we try to make it to the Big Red Barn for a hayride to the Pumpkin Patch. It has been a tradition in my family for quite a few years. We will go and pick out the best pumpkin and then when we come back Grandma has a wonderful dinner made and fresh Apple Cider Doughnuts from the Barn. We all look forward to it every year. I wish that I would have remembered to take pictures but I slacked off a little this year. I did manage to take one picture of Mandi, Kyle and I in the Corn Maze at Cornbelly's. We didn't get lost for too long but what do you expect when everybody cuts through the corn to the end?

Moab

2008-10-05T19:17:00.000-06:00

Kyle and his family love to try to make a trip to Moab, UT every year. I have gone the last couple years with them while Kyle was on his mission. It is always fun but needless to say that I loved having Kyle with me this time. This year we got to hike to the Delicate Arch. I didn't know that it was so big. I think that everybody should visit it at least one time.

We stopped at the Hole in the Rock. Doesn't this jeep make you feel like you are in Bedrock?

Kyle was helping Kayden feed the sheep. I thought it was so cute.

Of course you have to find time to go biking. Anytime Kyle gets to spend time on a bike is a good time. I am impressed with how good he really is. He scares me a lot but that doesn't seem to change anything so I best get used to it.

Fun in the Sun

2008-07-31T10:20:00.000-06:00

July is always one of the most busiest months. We do so many fun things. This is a little of what our summer looked like. I am sad to see it leave.
Eric, Whitney, Kyle and I
Kyle's work gave us tickets to see a Bee's game. It was really fun. We enjoyed watching the game and eating Dip-n-dots (its a must).
Kyle's work also sponsors the Spanish Fork Rodeo every year so we got free tickets. We love going to the Rodeo. We had 3 tickets so we brought along my little brother Kaden.
Kaden all dressed up like a Cowboy.
Ice Blocking is the perfect activity for a warm Summer night. We decided it would be a fun Family Home Evening activity so we all got together for some fast, grass-staining fun!
1..2..3.....
GO!
Meet Spike! He is our little friend we found camping up at the Proper-T. It would have been fun to keep him but it is sad to take them away from their homes and end up killing them somehow. We love to go camping and see what adventures the outdoors has to offer. I think I have only seen two of these in my life so it was a pretty exciting trip.

4th of July

2008-07-04T19:08:00.000-06:00

For the 4th of July we were able to go boating and then watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks. Needless to say we were a little sun burnt. We had a lot of fun.

We got up super early to watch the hot air balloons take off. The weather wasn't working in their favor so we never got to see them land. It was still a pretty cool thing to see.

Our Honeymoon

2008-06-26T16:29:00.000-06:00

For our Honeymoon we got to go on a Cruise to the Catalina Island and Mexico. It was pretty crazy to be on a boat that big and have rooms that were so small. We would love to go on another cruise with all our friends sometime. We are thinking the Bahamas?!

Before our boat took off we had a couple days to just relax by ourselves in Long Beach, CA. This was our favorite part of the trip. It was so nice to play on the beach all day and not have to worry, after planning a wedding we needed the break.

We got to watch the sunset on the beach. Kyle found a crab and also a dead sea lion. It was sad because it was only a baby.
Queen Mary
Formal night on the Cruise. We sat with two pretty interesting girls. We would show you a picture of them but they were a little parodied about cameras.
Our first stop was San Diego. There were "bike taxis" everywhere. We found a guy that liked us and gave us our own little tour of the city. We got to see the dinner that Tom Cruise played "Sweet Balls Of Fire" in on Top Gun.

Our favorite stop on the cruise was Catalina Island. It was a a lot of firsts for us, first tandem bike ride, first try snorkeling (I sure need practice with that one), and first time Kayaking. We rented tandem bikes and got see to the whole city in about 1/2 an hour. It was a really pretty place. After our bike ride we took our snorkeling gear down to Lovers Cove and got to see all the fish and crabs. It was nice to be in the water but we also wanted to see the water from above so we took a little kayak trip around the cove and became friends with a sea lion. I don't think that he wanted to be our friend as much cause we spent 1/2 the time chasing it around the boat harbor.

Cake, Flowers, and Dancing

2008-06-21T19:14:00.000-06:00

Here are a couple pictures of our reception. It ended up being exactly how I had always pictured it. The weather was perfect so were the colors, flowers, yard, and food. I loved it all! We had a couple moments trying to get everything figured out but with the help of so many amazing family members and friends we got everything ready. It started out with hair problems and with my planned hair dresser out planning her own wedding and stuck in traffic Elise came and saved the day. Thank you so much Elise I don't think I ever got to tell you! I just couldn't figure out which way to twist my hair. The mirror is so deceiving. I guess the traffic was really bad because our wedding decorator was also running late and with it now being an hour until the reception starts we didn't have ANYTHING set up. Too say the least we were all a little stressed. Once she came and started setting everything up I can't even start to tell you how I was feeling. With my dress on all I could do was stand and watch everything happen. I saw all my family and friends running around the yard making it look exactly how I pictured. We didn't even have to ask, they all saw that we needed help and put themselves to work. I felt so loved at that moment. I feel bad because I don't know how to thank everybody enough. I will never forget the service and love you all show for us.

We were running out of time so in between setting up we got to take family pictures. The colors and everything ended up looking so pretty. I loved the old truck that we had for our presents. We were rushed so we didn't get to have too many pictures taken but Valerie did such a good job we didn't miss out. I don't have Kyle's family by the truck for some reason so when I get that picture I will post it. Sorry guys!

This was my favorite picture of my Bridesmaids. I love these girls! Sarah, Korin and Andrea. And can I just point out my bouquet?! I loved it! I saw a picture on the Internet and took it to my Sweetbriar Cove. They matched it and added the brown twisty things. They were a real flower! I think I showed everybody it that night cause I thought it was so cool. I wish that it would have never died.

Kyle with his Groomsmen. Ted and Nick.

Here is my beautiful family!! My mom matched the colors so good. I know that I gave her some hard ones but I think that the pictures look way good. I'm sure that it doesn't help that everybody is so cute! From left to right: Dad, Jenae, Me, Kyle, Kaden, Mom, Jacee, and Kyson.

Our line never ended. People started coming exactly on time (even though we weren't quite ready yet) and then the line ended right at 9. The night went by so fast. We were so excited to see everybody. Of course we can never be serious for too long. I think Kyle was trying to lick me. He is such a goof.

Me and my Daddy!! I had to convince him that and Daddy Dance was needed. I'm pretty sure that he was glad we had one.

Our first dance!

This was our candy table. It had a sign that Debbie made above it saying "Candy Shoppe". Cindy helped make the table cute and keep it running the whole night. As you can tell there is no chocolate. I am more of a Gummy candy person. I had the sun on my side though. I kept saying that the chocolate would melt so we had to have all the "good candy"! I thought that it looked really good. Thank you for helping with that Cindy.

Love You Once Love You Still Always Have Always Will

2008-06-20T20:19:00.000-06:00

It finally came!! It seemed like those 2 years would never end but he is home now and we are finally married! We got married June 20th, 2008 in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. The weather was perfect. I had been so worried because for the past 3 weeks it had been raining a ton but when our day came the sun shined bright and everything fell into place. All of our family and close friends were able to come and share the day with us. We were so happy to have them there. I am so indecisive and loved all the pictures so I had a really hard time narrowing down my favorites. I hope that you enjoy them as much as we do.Bridals -

I thought that it was so fun to get all dressed up before our wedding. We needed up getting my jewelry and bouquet that morning and I'm really glad that we did. It added a lot to the pictures.

This one was the Bridal that I blew up for the reception.

We're Engaged!!

2008-05-17T18:48:00.000-06:00

For our reception we wanted to have an old truck as our present area. Our engagements helped tie everything in. I loved the old Coca Cola machines and gas pumps. They turned out to be exactly what I expected. Thanks for everything Valerie.

Oh man, isn't he so handsome?!!