We Built A Fort!

I guess the title kind of explains it all! On Sunday, we were a little bored and decided it would be fun to revisit our elementary school days. I have to admit, it's a pretty darn good fort for the spurr of the moment! We watched a movie in there, we played some card games in there...I don't know why but things we do all the time are just more fun in a fort!

sPrINg?

Looking out my window, it really doesn't seem like the first day of spring is in one week. It's been snowing all night and all day, we've gotten 3 or 4 inches already, added upon the 3 feet we already have. I'm a little bit bummed to say the least. The last week was pretty sunny, and I was hoping there was a light at the end of the tunnel, but to no avail. Will the winter never end??

This time, too good is true!

Happy Valentine's Day...yesterday! It was so much fun! Since I can't find a job, and only have class half the week, I had plenty of time to think of creative things to do for V-Day. Among my ideas were "The Twelve Days of Valentine's" that I did for Chris. Every day, I gave him a little surprise gift to tell him I love him! I made cupcakes and gave him some to take to work, I made cookies (and obviously I made him help which was fun!) I gave him a free night of Halo, ect...


On the twelfth day of Valentines, I decorated the apartment and made a "fancy" dinner of steak and potatoes for Chris. And yes, if you were wondering, that is a tupperwear box with a tablecloth on it (we're getting a table this weekend and I'm SOOO excited!)

It was a wonderful Valentine's! Chris brought home a giant teddy bear, a single rose (One more for every year) and a DELICIOUS boquet of choco dipped strawberries! YUM!!! I hope you all had a fantastic Valentine's too!

Our Place

Well, We finally got all the junk, luggage, and boxes out of our apartment, so I decided to take some pictures while it was clean for a few minutes before the messy storm (aka Chris) came home!

So, first things first, this is what you see as you walk into our entry way

Immediately to your left, we have the restroom

And here on the right, we have the kitchen! Lots of cupboard space and great (and red!) appliances

And here we have the living room nestled into the bay window area. That couch is actually about 6 inches shorter! It was way too small, so we just propped it up on cinder blocks. Works great!

And Chris's favorite...the entertainment center (I hid all of his game systems behind the TV!)

Our little bedroom is quite cozy, and I do mean little!

I just thought I'd put these pictures in, Chris just brought some flowers home for me one day for no reason!...well, you know, because he loves me! It was so sweet of him, and it really helped me out because the cold and 3 feet of snow around here were getting me a little depressed, and these flowers are just what I needed to brighten me up! I'm so blessed to have such a thoughtful husband!

Wii Battle!

Here's a video of Chris and Dad during Christmas "boxing" eachother. I thought it was pretty amusing, so enjoy!

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!