Honey Mooners!

This picture was on the way to Ogden. It had been so cold and snowy, but this was a pretty warm and sunny day, so the snow was evaporating off the mountain into a cloud. Yeah, there's a mountain under that cloud! I thought it was kinda cool....anyways, back to the story

Chris decided to make his famous pinapple barbeque chicken for me. It was delicious, and very snowy! That night, it snowed about 1 1/2 feet. brrrr!

So, as some of you know, the day before the wedding I got a bit of the stomach flu...actually a lot of it. A few days after the wedding I was starting to feel better and it was so nice to be able to eat again! We headed off for our Honeymoon at the WolfCreek Lodge in Ogden but in a stroke of bad luck, we got there on the first day, and I was down with a bad cold. Chris was so great! He completely babied me till I felt better. By new years eve I felt good enough to go out, so we went to the only place open... a gaming place and we went mini golfing and played a few intense acrade games :) Afterwards, we went and saw P.S. I love you. Mushy but good! Definately bad luck to get sick so much, but Chris was awesome and so patient, and we had a great time!!!!

(sorry, I don't know how to turn the picture)



The rest of the honeymoon I felt worse, so I really wasn't up to going out again. I felt really bad that we didn't do much because of my cold, but it actually was nice just to relax after a pretty hectic month!

Wedding Bells!

Well, the day that felt like it would never get here has come and gone and was WONDERFUL! Chris and I were married for time and eternity on December 20 in the Logan Temple (as you all know!) It was such a great experience to have all of my family in the temple with us, and we were so grateful to have so many friends and family that could be there with us!

Our Family

The reception was gorgeous!!! My parents worked so hard to make the house beautiful and they were definately successful. We couldn't believe how many people came to the reception! We thought since it was so close to Christmas people wouldn't have the time, but we were very grateful that they did, and it was great to see everyone and share the celebration!

I promise i'm not this much taller than my sisters! I was just on a step above them :)

And of course we have the "cutting of the wedding cake"

Isn't mom beautiful!

It was a beautiful wedding and reception! Thanks everyone for working so hard to make it wonderful, we love you and appreciate everything you've done for us!

I've been tagged!

The rules of the game should be posted at the beginning of the post. Each player lists 6 habits/facts about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves a comment telling them they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. I have a habit of naming things. Everything! Our hammock is named Martha, we ate a watermellon named Herman, my car is Betsy, ect...

2. I am a MAJOR cuddlebug. I just can't get enough of it!

3. I hate video games. I think they're a waste of time and I'm terrible at them....but I LOVE guitar hero! Chris got guitar hero 3 for me, and I'm addicted! I have to admit, I pretty much rock at it too!

4. That's right, I never learned how to do laundry until I was in college.

5. At work this summer, I would get so bored feeding the residents their dinner, I would entertain myself by thinking of what vegetable/fruit/animal people were. I decided that I'm an ostrich. One of my co-workers was a ferret, Mom is a manitee, one of my residents was a pumpkin, ect...It's a weird thing I know, but when you're desperate for some entertainment it's kinda fun.

6. The last fact about me is that I am totally, 100%, head over heels IN LOVE with Chris! He's the best thing that's ever happened to me, and I've never been happier!!! I'm so excited to marry him I can hardly stand it! (As of today, it's only 36 days to be exact) We were talking the other day about what a wonderful thing marraige is. Not that we completely know yet, but what a blessing it will be to not only have him as my best friend, but as my husband! It's so exciting that we love eachother so much, and we can have the rest of forever to keep on loving eachother!! And how awesome is it that I will never have to wake up without him, and we will never have to be alone anymore because he will always be my partner, and I will be his! What a blessing that we always have eachother!!!

So there's my 6 things, but unfortunately I don't know 6 people that have a blog, so I am tagging Teagan, Shaun, Todd, and Mark J

Happy Halloween!

This Halloween was way fun! Chris and I went to the Faye's and carved pumkins and I have to admit, ours was pretty darn cute! We named him "Remington"....no particular reason why, it just fit!


And Remington is born!



The resemblence is amazing!


All in all, it was a fun Halloween!

Guess what we did!!!!!!!

Holy Smokes it's so exciting! Chris's best friend Ryan's wife, Retha, works as a nanny for an extrememly wealthly family here in town and they called us the other night to come over for a surprise. When we got there, her boss showed us these cars he was storing for a friend. The cars were, and I quote, " a Ferrari Ozone 2007 with NOS, and a perfect condition 1967 Shelby Mustang 500 GT." And what's even better is that WE GOT TO DRIVE THEM!!!!! Ryan was saying that he was as excited about these cars as he was when he got a hole-in-one...but if you think about it, he should be because the chance of driving these cars is just as slim! The ferrari was awesome; we got up to 60 in second gear with plenty of room to spare, and you could easily get to 100 mph without even noticing! I drove the Shelby and it was beautiful!! What a beast! What a fun night! These are some pictures of the mean machines!

As you can see, Chris was pretty excited

Poor Guy!

A few days ago, Chris was playing basketball with some old mission buddies. He was SO excited about it, first of all to see his companions again, and second just to get back on the court again! Unfortunately though, he seriouslly rolled his ankle 20 minutes into the game! He was most definately out of the game for the night. Once he was able to stand, we started heading out to the car to go home, but alas, our car was really far away! There was no way he was going to be able to walk that far, so I got to carry him on my back all the way there! I was grateful for the workout, and he was grateful he picked such a strong girl to marry! ;)

First comes love, then comes MARRAIGE!

I'm pretty sure everyone already knows this, but in case you haven't heard, Chris and I are officially engaged! Well, we've been planning on getting married since September, but he proposed on October 15. It was wonderful!!!! He took me to Island Park and we walked around and he showed me all the places he used to go as a kid growing up. As it got darker, we started to drive towards the peak of the highest mountian. I love star gazing, and from the top of that mountain you can see the Milky Way and on a clear night, the Northern lights too, so I was pretty excited. So, we're on our way up, and unfortunately we got stuck in the snow for about an hour trying to dig ourselves out!!! Needless to say, we decided not to go all the way to the peak, so we drove back down the mountain and found a little ranch to set up our little grill to roast hot dogs and marshmallows. Then, to my surprise he pulls out the Astronomy book he gave me on one of our first dates! He opens it to the page about my favorite constellation "cassiopea" (because it is shaped like a W) and to my even bigger surprise, there's a story written in it about how "Cassiopea," the most beautiful and lovely queen of the land met the great, and yet very normal "King Cepheus," and how they fell in love. He is so sweet!!

So now that you all know the story, I thought I would post some pictures of the ring he gave me!

So the official date is Dec 20 at 10:00 a.m. in the Logan Temple.....be there or be square! :D

Oh, and we took our engagement pictures, and the photographer posted them online if you want look at them. Her website is "jrandallportraits.com" and you click slideshows, and the password is "whitney"