WEDDING PICS

Christmas!

My niece Dyllan with her spider girl costume.
Spider men costumes my nephews got for Christmas.
My 2 year old nephew playing with the farm the his dad made him.
The best part of the Christmas tree. ha ha
Tyler scraping the driveway. He was all decked out. :)


We went to the state games in boise for snake river and blackfoot.

Here are our new footed pajamas that we got from PJ.

This is a such a wonderful time of year. I cry every time I hear the forgotten carols story and feel true joy as I spend the holiday with my family. Watching the joy and excitement on the children's faces and then play with their new toys is something that will never get old.My first christmas with my wonderful husband was so nice. We surprised eachother with some silly gifts then cuddled. :)

CIMBRIAN BEING A FAIRY FOR HALLOWEEN
OUR LOVELY ROOM ON THE CRUISE
WAITING FOR THE SHOW TO START ON THE CRUISE
CIMBRIAN GOT AN AIR TATTOO AND THEN A SUN BURN
US UNDER WATER IN CABO
THE NEWLY WEDS ON LOVERS BEACH
THE FISH WHO CAME TO OUR LITTLE BOAT IN CABO
A FOUNTAIN MADE ALL OF SEA SHELLS
US AT MAZATLAN
THE WONDERFUL DANCERS THAT CAME ON OUR BOAT
THE FIRST UNDERWATER PICTURE
THIS IS ALL MADE OF SAND IT WAS AWSOME
TYLERS BIG PIECE OF CHEESE CAKE
JUST CHILLEN ON THE BOAT
CIMBRIANS ROASTED DUCK ON THE CRUISE
THE WONDERFUL TOWEL ANIMALS
JUST BEING LAZY
LOOK MOM I CAN FLY
THE NIGHT OUT ON THE OCEAN
LOOK HOW CUTE WE ARE

The honey moon!

My honeymoon was so great. I took a nap everyday and ate the most gourmet food I have ever had. There was lobster, filet mingnon, ceasar salad with real anchovies on top, duck, crème brulet, sushi, pizza, sandwiches, eggs benedict, scallops, shrimp, and ice cream machines everywhere. The sushi was not as good as I thought it would be, but the rest was heaven. By the time I got back I was ready for just a plain sandwich or hamburger. There was a salt water pool and hot tub on the boat and some really great shows. The would dance and sing, and have great effects. Then there were some karaoke nights, they provided costumes, live band, and back up dancers for the performers. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen. We laughed so hard. We would go to bed every night at like midnight and that is when everyone else would get up. Some people were always drunk. We would order a smoothie and they would say, but that does not have alcohal in it, and we would say, we know, exactly our point. Ha ha. I think we were about the only ones that did not drink besides the kids. The drinks were like 8 bucks each though, I don’t know how people afforded it. I guess some had 500 dollar drinking tabs or more by the end. It was crazy. We stopped at Puerto Vallarta first and the locals were giving out free shots about every other shop, and they asked us what we do for fun if we do not drink. It was pretty funny. It was a poor city, but very beautiful. We walked around until we were about to die. Then got back on the boat. Everyone wanted to sell us stuff. They would say “ hey amigo or amigo, almost free 1 dollar to go to that island and 29 to get back.” That was the best one that we heard. I got tired of people talking to me. Tyler told me I was being rude to ignore them, I did not even want to talk to them anymore though. Then we went to Malzotan and walked down the beach and picked up sea shells and then went to the sea shell museum. They had all kinds of designs made of all different colors of sea shells. They even had a fountain with huge shells that the water ran off of. It was awesome. We also stopped at a Mexican restaurant and it was heaven. We don’t have that kind of Mexican food here. Then the last stop was Cabo, it was beautiful, the water was blue, with white sandy beaches. We rode on a glass bottom boat and went to lovers beach, then on the other side was divorce beach. It was funny. The waves on divorce beach were huge and angry then just on the other side they were nice and calm. It was pretty funny. We threw bread in the water and the tropical fish would come right to the surface. It was so awesome. I think next time we will do some snorkeling or scuba diving. We also saw some sea lions. I got a tan and some pretty fun sun dresses. It was freezing when we got back. We had to wait at the airport in California for 7 hours and our plane got delayed for an hour so we did not get to salt lake until 11:30 and we still had to drive back. We got home at 3:30 am and still had to go to work on Monday. We were pretty tired, we had to eat out a couple of times the first week because we did not have anything. Not even a shower curtain. Lol it was pretty funny.

We made it!

We finally got married! I never really thought it would all happen. It was just a stressful dream that was so far away. Then it all happened, we were so stressed that morning we woke right up and raced to the temple. Of course the train made my hair dresser late and then I had to speed to get there. But we were both on time and every thing was so peaceful in the temple. Almost like time was not passing. We said our "I dos" and then we came out dressed in our best. I was finally that beautiful bride that I always envied as I saw them at the temple my whole life. All the attention was on us. We barely had time to even talk to each other. Pictures were everywhere and I had my sweet nieces touching me every time I moved. Saying how I looked like a princess and my dress was slippery. I was finally the thing that when I was there age wanted to be. It was such a dream. It was amazing how smooth the day went with all my wonderful families help. I have never felt so loved and blessed to have such a wonderful family. I did not shed a tear until I saw my mom and how she told me how proud she was of me. I finally pleased her. I was not sure I would ever make her so happy. I always kind of felt like I was disappointing my family somehow in the choices I made, but now I finally made my dreams and theres come true. It is such a wonderful feeling.

My family was late to the pictures of course and that made me stress just a little. But then everything worked out and started right on time. The nerves got the best of both of us and we did not eat a thing after the luncheon. Later we wished we would have just tasted the chocolate fountain. :) We could not believe how many people came to support us. We are so blessed.

Then we left that night with a fully decorated car and a 3 hour drive to utah ahead of us. We finally had time to talk to each other but we were so tired we barely talked.

It is almost here!

My wedding is almost here. I think it brings the beast out in everybody. Trying to get the cake and deciding what to have everyone is going to wear. Not to mention the invitations.

I have been engaged for so long that now it is so close it has kind of crept up on me. All of the sudden I need to get my invitations out and finalize everything. I am getting excited to be done with everything and to be with Tyler. The cruise will be a good time for us. We are both to the point where we just want to get away. We are tired of making decisions and everyone asking us what we want.

We don't care, we just want it to be done. :) funny.

anyway, I hope everyone can come. The chocolate fountain is going to be fabulous.

My first homemade quilt!

So my sister has been working on making me domesticated before I get married. So she has been having me help can beans and fruit and learn how to sew. The canning part was easy but the sewing part was a lot harder than it looked. I could not remember how to thread the machine and sewing in a straight line with everything the right direction was a challenge all in itself. My first attempt was to make towel ponchos where you cut a hole in the middle and then sew the sides together. Sounds pretty easy? Well that is what I thought. I start at 9 in the morning and got my first one done at 6 that night. I had to pick it out more than once and I kept forgetting to put the foot done so it kept on gobbing up the thread. Then I would have to take it out again. By 11 pm I finally got 5 towels done, once I figured out how to do one the process went a lot faster. :)
So for my next sewing experience I decided I needed my own queen sized quilt. My sister helped me cut out all the pieces then sew them together to make the most confusing puzzle I have ever done. It was hard to even turn the cutting board the right way so I could cut it. :) This took me all day to do just the front and then another day to do just the back and now we still have to quilt and bind it. I had no idea that it took so much work to make just one blanket. I sewed to many seams uneven and backwards I can't even count all of them. Then I would get a whole row sewed and realize that I was out of bobbin thread or the top needle was unthreaded. So I would hav to do all over again. :) I wanted to scream most of the time, but now that I almost done, I do feel some accomplishment. I think that I am now officailly domesticated. I still need a little practice, but maybe I would be okay.