LONG WEEKEND

This weekend was pretty fun and enjoyable...here are some iphone pics to show what I did.

1. A "Just Because" picture

2. Cafe Rio Salad

3. Nathan and McKay at the bowling alley

4. Me & Nattie at the bowling alley

5. Me & Nattie's bowling ball "babies"

6. Natalie enjoying her cookie zookie

7. Me & Mama Schaef at Wingers.

Not pictured: fun dinner at Goodwood with the Ballantyne's, Bullocks, and Bodily's, school (but that wouldn't have been worth posting anyway) Primary PJ party, Tyler working on his car, and a Sunday cuddled up on the couch.

Thank you Martin Luther King for the long weekend...much appreciated.

Winner. Winner.

Yesterday wasn't all bad news.
I won a free photo shoot from Josie Fox Photography!
You can see the proof here.
I am pretty excited about it.
Now I just have to decide how I want to use it.
Yay for winning!
Thanks everyone who helped me win! Your help was much appreciated!

Fall Pictures.

Yesterday evening we had a photoshoot up the canyon with Chelsey...less than 24 hours later, I have them back. They turned out great...I love them so I thought I'd share a few...you can go check out Chelsey's blog too! She does an awesome job!

As you can see we had plenty of fun taking them! In the few photoshoots I've had with Tyler, I've learned that the camera turns him goofy. Just about every shot we took he was goofing off or trying to get me to laugh!



Tabernacle.

So I have been DYING to share my bridals that were taken at the Provo Tabernacle just days before the fire! (I couldn't til now since Tyler wasn't allowed to see me in my dress til the wedding). I feel SO lucky to have them. When I heard the sad news I couldn't believe it! So glad I took some of my pictures there!

Pictures were taken by Stephanie Cheney Photography.

...and I will warn you, I couldn't just pick a few to post so its kind of picture overload!

Wedding Update.

So for those of you who don't know when the big day is yet, it is on Dec. 29th! Plans are coming along quite nicely. I found my dress on Friday, and lucky for me it was the second one I tried on. I tried on about 10 or so after, but none of them were it and I couldn't get the one that is now "mine "out of my head. Chelsey took our engagements on Saturday and they turned out great. I'm DYING to post them, but told myself I didn't want to. I am keeping them a surprise til invites go out. I think its way more fun that way. I don't want to send out my invites and have the pictures be old news. The few of you who have seen them--you should feel lucky! :) Now I need to find a photographer for my bridals & the big day! If anyone has anyone they'd recommend please let me know! 

things are not as they appear. i promise!

Notice anything wrong with this photo?

it's driving me nuts. i have tried to edit the problem out but it only makes it worse.

In case you haven't found it yet  (and let's face it! it's impossible not to since its massive) look at my forehead.

yep. pretty much looks like i smeared orange all over my face and missed a spot.

gross. i know. 

but I promise, the white spot is a shadow. there are several more just like it where the white spot is in different spaces on my face.

I don't know how I didn't notice after taking the picture, but unfortunately i didn't & all I have is this picture to drive me nuts!

Anything is Better than Finals

I dread finals.

I hate them with all of my heart.

I am pretty good at avoiding stuff til I have no other choice.

It's funny the things I will distract myself with before cracking down and studyin' up.

I thought I'd share my most recent avoidance method.

I'll admit I'm an idiot, but this is how I feel about school.

Pulling stupid faces and taking pictures on my Mac tops homework any day.

Monday night I will be done with this miserable semester.

I can almost feel freedom and it feels good.

Too bad it will be short lived since I will be attending SUMMER school.

Talk about asking for a horrible summer.

Lucky Me.

yes, i am impatient

I hate waiting for things I am excited for.

It drives me absolutely crazy to wait.

Currently I'm excited to see how are family pictures turn out.

ALL of my Mom's side of the family was in town this weekend.

So for Easter we got family pictures.

Everyone looked so cute & I am dying to see what they look like.

I have a feeling it is going to be a looong wait.

...gah. 

I Had a Ball.

So Jeff did an amazing job planning the inaugural ball. I was very impressed! I wish I had taken pictures of the decorations...simple but very elegant. It was a very nice way to recognize President Holland and his wife, who looked great by the way! Dancing was lots of fun, and in Tyler's words, "felt like Prom all over again!" ok. he may have thought so, but not me. Definitely didn't feel like high school. It was fun like Prom was but way less cheesy and just less "high school!" haha. I love getting dressed up though, and honestly wished I would have gone more formal than I did. But my original impression was that no one was going to be all out formal...if I would have known...I would have busted out my prom dress from Junior Year, but oh well! My bridesmaid's dress from Chelsey's wedding fit the occasion quite well! I wish I could get dressed up WAY more often, I find it to be so much fun! Anyone else with me on that one? or am I strange???

So in order of events....
First of all, Tyler was So NOT nice to me! Because he drug his feet like no other about going. He didn't show the slightest interest in the ball at all. I think I bugged him about it every day for 2 weeks. I heard every excuse in the book...
....work....
.....boring....
...costs too much...
...nothing to wear...

ALL SUCKY EXCUSES! here is why....he got off work BEFORE me. DANCING is NEVER boring! and Jeff hooked us up, we got in FREE! ...oh and the boy owns 90 ties! not kidding...and several pairs of cuff links. He most certainly had something to wear!

Tyler is NEVER predictable so I wasn't sure if he was coming or not, even an hour BEFORE! ya, how rude huh??? Little did I know, the whole time he was pulling my leg! I seriously didn't doubt that he was going to make me go alone, which wouldn't be a big deal, because it wasn't like an official "date" dance or anything, but still...why would I go to a dance without my boyfriend. He even went as far as to tell me he was not going and to go have fun dancing with all single guys there. He was so SERIOUS...but I honestly don't think he would ever expect me to so he I think he thought he was safe in saying it, it's a good thing I went, cuz BOY I would have showed him. Hahaha. JERK. jk. It wasn't the nicest joke to play on me, he really had me bugged, but oh well. Lol, that is Ty for ya.

Anyway...we weren't able to make it to the meet & greet with President Holland because I was still getting ready because I didn't have a whole lot of time between work & the time it started. On top of that, we realized we forgot to take a movie back to Blockbuster....and it already cost us way more than expected (there is a story behind this...I shall tell later...it involves Tyler's car!) Anyway, we had to take it back before hitting up the dance.

We got there just in time to watch Pres. Holland dance with his wife & then toasted to the Hollands' so that was fun...and from there on out, it was nonstop fun & dancing! Oh, and better not forget to mention the performances by the ballroom dance team. They were fun to watch!

Here are a few photo's from the event!

We took more candid shots than anything!

Me & Jaynee

The ever so fabulous, Rachel

Tyler's Awesome Dance Moves!
I was so impressed!

We were just having a fabulous time!

Um...No comment!

Me & Ty
...sorry...no "posed shots" of the 2 of us. None of them turned out unfortunately :(
(ok...it might just be because I look like I'm 8 in them cuz Ty convinced me to smiler, therefore revealing "brace face.")

Berk, Jeff, and Tyler

Berk & his girlfriend, Nicole
(Doesn't she have the BEST name?)

Jaynee & Cameron

This is just my proof that my hair lasted...this is like at 1 am
LONG after the dance ended!

Sorry for the blurriness on some of these photos.
They shouldn't be blurry and I can't figure out why they are!

I Lied...this is the first picture. And a much cuter one :)

Hitting the Mark

Our first picture together :)
(crappy picture of me...but it is what it is. Ty looks great! oh...and the outfit...it was halloween. Ty did not participate in the fam party. lol...just picked me up. Hence no outfit for him.)

One year…and only one word comes to mind to describe it… WOW.
Yes, wow is right!
For one…I didn’t know that anyone could put up with me for a year.
Here is what Tyler has dealt with in just the last few weeks…
Me locking myself out of my apartment.
Me forgetting stuff that we need for school.
Me loosing my keys.
…oh and if seeing me every night and dealing with my stupid moments then isn’t enough…we’re now in school together. 4 classes of ME! ya, me and school are not friends so if you see him you should tell him good luck because I wouldn’t want to be at school with me! I’m sure glad he is though because he makes class lots better. I never knew how funny he was til I heard all the stuff he says under his breath in class. He’s a crack up ….anyway back to the subject.
… just last night I locked myself out AGAIN. And the worst part is I didn’t even leave my doorstep.
I KNOW I test his patience… I think I test my own patience so I just am glad he is still around.
Technically we haven’t been together for a whole year…I met Tyler a year ago today but I figure it counts…because once I met him and I knew I liked him…and I spent lots of time with him from there on out.
So here is our story…
First of all…Tyler’s friend/roomie just so happened to know my friend which was awesome because I don’t think we would have met otherwise…even though our friends didn’t do any of the work.
So September 8, 2008 is the first time we hung out. And it was a rather random night.
I had talked to Tyler for all of 5 minutes…if that and his friend’s dad came downstairs (his apartment was in his friends basement.) and asked if Ty would come help him give the friend a blessing. So he did just that. It was SO awkward for me cuz I didn’t really know Tyler and now I was going to go sit in on a blessing for some kid I didn’t know at all with his family. Very uncomfortable…and SO random!
Anyhow once that awkwardness was over we went back downstairs and talked for a bit. His friend later joined and I pretty much was booted from the conversation. They served in the same mission and started going on and on about the mission and sharing mission stories. I’m not even lying. It was kinda funny really. Kind of unusual first hang out but it was funny. I had a good laugh.
Now you all are probably wondering why on earth I came back? Too be honest I’m not really sure why. Lol. But something about him was just fun and full of life so I did.
Why he wanted to see me again? This is still unknown to me…because according to him I gave him the most pathetic “dead fish hug” ever when I left…but let’s face it…he was doing good to get a hug since he had been giving priesthood blessings and talking up the mish. A missionary handshake may have been more appropriate…lol. In spite of all the randomness though, I started hanging out with him more and more. The second hang out was Way Fun I thought. And he didn’t go off about the mission at all. We stuck to frozen yogurt from Spoon Me, a nice chat, a jam session is his car with his buds, and pizza, and a movie. (ok, I lied he did talk about the mission a little, but it was short and sweet.) The first date was a week from our first hang out and it was super awesome. Took me to my favorite place to eat….brownie points for him…and from then on out…we just kept on dating. ☺
Thanks for a great year Tyler!!!

Love you.

PS…he scored more brownie points tonight, because he got me the cutest 80’s tshirt at the Blink 182 concert. He’s awesome!

Here is to Happiness (inspired by Chels...who was inspired by Rockstar Diaries)

So if any of you are familiar with Rockstar Diaries you are probably familiar with all of Taza's happiness lists she is constantly making...well my best friend Chelsey made her own happiness list so I thought I would do the same...so here it is.

Things that make me happy...

Driving when I have nothing better to do

Family parties

Taking and looking at pictures

Dancing til my body hurts

Butterfly kisses

Dr. Pepper

Talking about Nothing

Running into people I know in the craziest of places

Getting my hair played with

The way Tyler talks to me when I'm tired or upset

Making new friends

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