WE DID IT!!!

On March 12, 2011 I married my best friend in the Mesa, Arizona temple. It was a happy day AND we looked so good. :)



There was a lot of family that came and many friends. We have had so much support and help. I have many people to thank for making the day so special -- and stress free.



Thanks to my mom and dad for all their hard work and physical labor in making sure everything was ready for the reception. Thanks for the endless hours spent making center pieces and decorating/remodeling the Ash's backyard. AND thanks to the Ash's for letting us use their backyard.







Thanks to Linda and Mannie (my new set of parents) for helping with the wedding and for the awesome lunch-in. I am so lucky to be a part of the family.



Thanks to Eva, my new sister, for doing all of our reception food. That was a lot of work, but we think it was worth it because the food was delicious.



AND Thanks for making/creating the most beautiful cake I have ever seen!! I love my cake -- and it tasted so good. :)



Thank you to all of our brothers and sisters!!







Thanks to Karen Pelley for my beautiful bouquet and for doing the rest of the bouquets and corsages.



Thank you to all those people who helped behind the scenes and in the kitchens.

Thanks to the rest of you for supporting us and making our day special. We are so happy and in-love. :)











I can't not say enough how LUCKY and BLESSED we are to have great families and wonderful friends.

New York and Engagement!!

I am trying to catch up on my Blog posts since the last time I posted something was a year ago about a dog I don't even like. Ha ha-- anyway. . . I am recently married and will be posting more about my wedding later this week. I had this post saved in my files. Why I never posted it? Who knows.

Last summer I went to visit my sister in New York. It was a lot of fun. Seth came with me. We had to take the subway everywhere which was new to me since I had never done that before. There were a lot of . . . interesting people that ride the subway. Including homeless men that smell like their own urine. Gross. Anyway, we got to see a lot of the sites including the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, PLUS we got to go see The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway.

After a few days we rode a train to Washington D.C. That was so fun. Lyndz came with us since CW was already in Texas.



We ate at a lot of really cool and delicious restaurants in NY. My favorite (and probably most expensive) restaurant was Babbos. I loved every thing I ate (even the squid ink pasta!!) We also ate at Shake Shack, Momo Fuku, a bakery in Hell's Kitchen, and I got a vanilla ice cream cone from McDonalds about every day. :)

There was also a little bakery by Lyndz' apartment that we got a cannoli from -- my first one!! I was addicted after that. I LOVE CANNOLIS!!

On the last day, we decided to take a cab back to the airport. I have never been so scared in my whole entire life!! There were a couple of times when I really thought we were going to crash into the car driving next to us. But, we made it.

I wish I had more pictures to show, but sadly they are not on this computer that I am using. I will have to find some pictures and post them up later.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

In my three years experience working with kids, I have heard the funniest comments said by kids about random things. I just had to post a few of my favorites said by these precious kids.

1. "Did you wake up on the side of crazy this morning?"
2. "That book hit me in a place a book should never go."
3. "You wear too much make-up. You're suppose to put it on like this. My mom told me."
4. "Your hair looks better up."
5. "Oh no you didn't"
6. "Don't make me say it . . . It's because I'm black, huh?"

Blackie - My dog for 3 days

Growing up, my family never had pets. (Well, there was one incident with a cat, but we try to forget about that. . . ) Anyway, last week a stray dog showed up at our front door. Of course we shooed it away, but after three days of realizing that the dog was dying and would probably die unless we do something, we decided to feed it. After two days of nursing it back to health, the dog looked so much better.

I came home from work one day to find a little dog house on the side of my parent's home. What a spoiled dog.

After three days of taking care of Blackie, my dad decided that he couldn't handle it anymore and took him to the dog pound. Ya. . . like I've said before... My family isn't exactly dog people. Ha ha. But it was fun to have a dog for a week.

So You Think You Can Dance?

Last week I had the opportunity to go to a "So You Think You Can Dance?" Concert! It was entertaining. I went with my future roommate, Miranda, and her friend Sara. The concert was in Glendale.

We were 8 rows from the front on the floor!


We ate at "Which Which?" They serve sandwiches there. I liked it and I would eat there again.

Ha ha. Miranda and Sara closed their eyes for the picture. So cute.

The Performance

These are the Season 5 dancers.




Here are the boys!


This is Brandon. I wanted him to win . . . but he didn't. Oh well.


I wanted a picture by the door that said "Authorized Personnel Only", but right as I got up to the door a worker came out and yelled at me for not being where I was suppose to be. So, I got in trouble! But, after she left I went and got a picture of it anyway.



A video of the last dance!


After the concert we went to Red Robin. . . but they were closed! So, we settled for Chile's and we each ordered our own individual desserts. I ate a whole chocolate cake by myself! Well. . . I guess it was a piece of chocolate cake, but still... Chile's desserts are pretty big.

Remember these . . . ?

This is what happens when you steal my camera . . . I just post the pictures you took of yourselves on my blog (Lyndsie, Kaylee, Landon . . . He's probably the instigator.) Mwwaahahahahaha!! (That's my evil laugh.)






My sisters are so funny. They stole my camera one day and took funny pictures of themselves. I almost died laughing when I saw these. I had forgotten they were on my camera until I downloaded pictures of my Utah trip. They were intermixed with the Utah pictures. Ha ha. The best is that Landon, my 2 year old nephew, is making a similar face as my sisters in one of the pictures. So hilarious. :)

Old Memories and New Memories

My little sister is all grown up and off to college. She is going to the LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, UT. Last weekend, my parents and I drove with my sister up there to drop her off. It was really difficult for me to leave her there. I wanted to make her come home with me because she is my best friend and I'm going to miss her so much, but I know she is going to have more fun and grow the most over these next two years.
I had a lot of fun visiting Utah again. I saw a lot of old friends that I hadn't seen in 8 months! I loved visiting, but it didn't feel like home. I was a stranger in the town I lived in for 3 years. A lot of the people I used to know moved to different states, got married, or are on missions. Speaking of missions, I was walking around Temple Square on Sunday night and I ran into one of my good friends who is on her mission at Temple Square!! It was so random. I loved seeing her again. She is so cute and I can tell that she loves serving the Lord.

Anyway, in Provo I got to see my friend Ben Li (who ran and gave me the biggest hug when I got there) and Hayley (who is a really good cook and she used to make me this rice chicken stuff - so, in honor of me visiting her, she made it for me! It was even better than I remember.) I also saw my old roommate Erin! I miss her. She is such a cute girl. I went to church with them, but the ward was completely different. They were the only three people I knew. I also got to see Brother and Sister Adams who took me and Mollie to a Carrie Underwood concert one time. It was so fun. I have missed them too. AND I saw my old Bishop and his wife whom I love and have missed as well. They all gave me a big hug when they saw me. It was so good to see them and talk with them. I also saw my friend Paul. We talked for an hour in his apartment before I had to go to church. I only spent one day in Provo so I didn't get to see every one that I wanted, but I had a lot of fun with the people I did see.

I also saw my friend Preston! Preston was one of my favorite people when I lived in Provo. He was in Logan when my family was up there visiting my grandma and aunts and uncles so we invited him to go to lunch with us so I could see him. My aunt told one of my uncles that me and Preston were engaged as a joke and never corrected him. He later congratulated me on my engagement. It was kind of funny. And then my aunt asked Preston how we knew each other and he said we dated. She loved it and ran with it. So I wouldn't be surprised if my other aunts and uncles call me up and ask when the wedding is. . . maybe they'll just send money. :)

Preston dropped me off at my cousin Michelle's house in Salt Lake Sunday night. Michelle just had a baby. It was so good to see her and Tyler and baby Ethan. They are the cutest couple I know. I wouldn't mind living by them someday. Hopefully they will move to Arizona when Tyler is done with school.
Well, back to my little sister . . . Her dorm room that she is living in is actually a hotel. My sister is living in a hotel! That's so cool!
Her room looks like a dorm room with the twin size bed, desk, and tiny closet inside. It's just when you walk outside the room that you remember it's a hotel. The Traks are right outside the hotel and can take her right up on campus. Temple Square is right across the street too. She lives in a great part of the city. I'm so excited for her and this new adventure she is having . . . college! It almost makes me wish I was back in school ... almost. :)
My grandpa told us a really cool story about his grandma. She grew up in this house, The Devereaux Mansion, which is located near LDSBC. She fell in love with one of the carriage drivers that worked for her family. Her family disapproved of this, of course because he was lower class, but she didn't care what they thought and married him anyway. I thought that was a sweet story.

I got to see my grandparents again as well. I have missed them so much. I used to go visit them in Clinton, Utah once a month when I lived in Provo. I usually stayed with them for 2 or 3 days.

This is my grandma and me. She is so great!

On our way home from Utah, we stopped at Glen Canyon Dam . . . ya, I said Dam, Lyndsie . . . Anyway, This is the front of the visitor center. I love the red rock. It is a pretty place.