My Boo

So a few weeks ago my niece Rylee took a fall off a bunk bed, which left her with a broken elbow. This was sunday and monday morning she went into surgery to have it placed. However monday was also my niece Brooklyn's (Boo as i call her) second grade talent show. Her mother had to go to the hospital with Rylee so we all jumped in and volunteered to go to the talent show. She definetly had the biggest audience. My mom, dad, Charm, and I all went to watch her sing God Bless America and America the beautiful. She did wonderful! She has an amazing voice that often brings me to tears. Luckily i held it together through the talent show. I got a few pictures of her... I wish i would have recorded it but Charm did that. I will have to get it from her so i can brag to everyone that i know the next American Idol.

Also my nieces came to visit the other day, in which i happened to be doing laundry. They enjoyed dressing up in me and Kevins clothes. I thought they looked really cute so enjoy! Nikole did not know what to think about the padding in my swimming suit :)

Honeymoon

Me and Kevin... (I guess i am an english major and should say that properly)... Kevin and I finally got to go on our honeymoon. After the wedding we were blessed to borrow a cabin for the weekend, but Kevin had to be back at school monday so it was short and sweet. But this time it was nice and long. We flew to Miami on wednesday and stayed the night and boarded our cruise the next day. It was the carnival destiny boat and was really nice. The next day the ship docked at Key West where me and Kevin just walked around enjoyed the sunshine, toured the light house, and ate some famous Key lime pie. The next day we spent in Cozumel Mexico. We were able to go snorkeling and do a little shopping before it started clouding up and we headed back on board. Sunday was a day at sea where we just relaxed and read and enjoyed the shows and games the cruise had to offer. Monday however was a really long day. We got off the ship at 8 and went on another exursion to the Everglades in Miami. We road in an airboat and got to see lots and lots of alligators. Alligators and snakes have always been one of my greatest fears... Through the years i have grown out of the snake thing but have had horrible dreams of alligator attacks. But i was able to face my fear and go hang out with the gators. I even got brave and got pretty close to the big ones and held a little one. Anyways our flight did not leave til 7 that night so it made for a long day at the airport and a late night getting home. We stayed the night at Kevins Grandmas in Utah. Thank goodness because there was no way either of us could drive home that night. Anyways tuesday we were supposed to start school but we chose to sleep in and recuperate from all the adventures. It was a lot of fun and really nice to spend some quality time with my husband, who during school i seem to never see. 7 days together straight and i was still not sick of him. I think that is a good sign considering i have to spend eternity with him... I mean i get the pleasure of spending eternity with him :)

Wedding pictures

So i got my wedding pictures :) I am so excited to share a few of them, so enjoy!

Happy Easter

Well, I was hoping my next post would be wedding pictures... but i still have not got them :( but hopefully soon because i am getting really anxious to see them. Anyways Kevin and I have had some busy weeks preparing and taking finals. I finished up today (give me a whoot whoot) and now i don't know what to do with my spare time. Kevin on the other hand still has two more to go so is spending any spare minute he has studying. It will be nice to have a relaxing weekend though with no homework! In addition to all the homework last week was spring break for my nieces so we had a slumber party. In two shifts of course. The first night my nieces Abbi (5) Loryn (3), and Rylee (3) came, we ate lots of candy, lots of cookies and watched lots of movies. It was lots of fun. Then the next shift consisted of Brooklyn (8) Makenzie (6) and Brinley (5) once again we ate lots of candy, but this time we went to a movie so we ate lots of popcorn as well. It was lots of fun, but great birth control :)

Saturday we woke up early so that we could get the girls ready for the Easter Egg hunt only to find out it was cancelled due to the blizzard we had. This continued on to sunday but the blizzard did not stop us from traveling to Rigby for a yummy Easter dinner with the family. Later that night i made Kevin color eggs with me. He says he hasn't colored eggs since he was little. CRAZY, i couldn't believe it. Anyways like a man he complained through the whole thing. But i could tell he really enjoyed it, just didn't want to admit it. Well the snow is finally melting just in time for me and Kevin to head off on our Cruise next week. And i have to say It's about time we get a honeymoon :)









Go Ducks! I tried to get him to smile but he said this was his tough football face... oh BOYS!! :)

Oh time where have you gone?

It is crazy to think that me and Kevin have been married for over two weeks now. Everyone keeps asking me if "Marriage is all it is cracked up to be" and i can honestly answer yes so far it has been!! Although i have to admit i am kind of excited for March madness to be over so i can have my husband back on the weekends :). Anyways things have been going good and we are staying very busy with school and trying to find jobs and all that fun stuff.

March is a birthday month for the family it is Jeff Kevin's brother the 16th, my dad Verls the 17th, and Kevins Dad Staceys and my brother Devins the 18th. We had some fun party's for my dad and brother, with lots of food and cake. MMMMMM!! It was a surprise party for my brother and he was actually surprised. I was impressed Charm pulled it off. We got to swim and hang out with the family some more which was a lot of fun. Happy Birthday Boys!




My Dad and all the grandkids







Happy 30th Big Brother
















My niece Nikole




















My sister Annalee is here from Germany and it has been so fun to spend time with her and the girls. I went down early to Rigby to "help" with my dad's birthday party, or should i say "play". It was so nice outside and i couldn't resist spending a couple hours on the tramp with the girls. ( A little secret about me; I LOVE THE TRAMP, i would build a house full of tramps if i could). Anyways i thought i would share some of the pictures me and the girls took.








And finally i have had a ton of requests for wedding pictures. The actual pictures from the photographer are not done yet... she said about a month... i am getting really anxious. But any how i stole a few from my sisters that they took outside the temple. So here is a sneak peak to the wedding. And doesn't Kevin look handsome in a tux? I think so. Anyways Goodbye March and snow and Hello April and spring!

A little update before the big day

It’s official we are down to two days. This has definitely been one of those experiences that during the process seems like time was going by very s-l-o-w… But now that I look back at it, it seems as though it flew by. It is hard to comprehend the fact that it is only two days away. My mother is probably really frustrated with me because I can’t seem to wrap my mind around the fact that it is my wedding, so I have been very carefree throughout the whole thing, while she has been frantically running around town getting things and stressing out. But it is now down to the last sprint and things seem to be going well. Like I said my mother has been on top of things and has everything ready for the reception. She and the rest of my family will be spending all day tomorrow decorating. While I spend it finishing up homework and packing for the honeymoon.

I must admit though that even though I have tried to act really calm throughout this whole thing there have been so many emotions going through me. And poor Kevin had to deal with me. At times there has been a lot of stress, money, school, planning can really get to you. But along with stress there are the emotions of excitement, and anxiousness, fear, and happiness, and at times grumpiness. Through it all I have decided that by planning a wedding you pretty much sign a waiver giving everything, and everyone permission to put you on an emotional rollercoaster at all times. But now that it is almost over i am just trying to enjoy it, and focus on how excited i am to spend eternity with Kevin.

For other news Kevin moved into our new apartment last weekend. I have to mention that when he moved in it took him two carloads. Me on the other hand is a different story. All week I have been moving stuff up their… one trailer load, two of my carloads, and one of his; and I am still not done. As I gathered things up from my room I mentioned to my mother that I hoped when Kevin saw all my crap he wouldn’t run. Lucky for me he didn’t. But anyways we have got things pretty much settled in our new apartment, it is little but we have a spare bedroom that will hold all the crap I talked about above. No pictures yet but I will work on that.

Also I have to thank everyone for the wonderful bridal showers. A few weekends ago we went down to Utah and Kevin’s grandma and aunts threw me a great bridal shower. It was fun meeting the family, I’m luck he has such a great family. Then Saturday my friends Jaycie, Brandi, and Hailey through me a wonderful friends bridal shower. It was nice to catch up with all my friends that I hadn’t seen in a long time, plus I got lots of “fun stuff.” Finally last night I had my final bridal shower with my family. Although at this one the men were included it was still lots of fun. Thanks everyone for all the preparation and wonderful gifts.