♥Landon and Alyssa's wedding♥

Beta fish in all the center arrangements!

Gorgeous (and yummy) cake done by one of the young friends

Two of the pretty bridesmaids

There was actually a big swoop that I didn't catch...(the kind you see in movies where they bend over)

Happily married

Landon and Alyssa Carlson

cake

The gorgeous bride!

The get-away luv bug

Last weekend we got the privilage of going to Escondido for Alyssa and Landons wedding...we got to stay with Pete&Deena which was really nice in itself also! As far as the wedding goes, I cannot say enough nice things about it and Landon and Alyssa themselves. It was absolutely beautiful and so so sooo nice in every single way possible! It was extremely sweet and moving (spiritually, emotionally) and romantic and just plain wonderful! There were speeches at the reception given by some of the family members and close friends...they were all very nice...some funny, some serious, all touching. I thoroughly enjoyed it...the whole weekend for that matter.

Spirit Day

The other day at school we had spirit day...our colors are blue and silver so it was fun to dress up for the day...you can't quite see the glitter hairspray or fake eyelashes, but they were there =)

Scrapbook

I decided to post a few of the pages on here from the scrapbook I made for Austin...I actually really enjoyed working on this and finally got it sent a little bit ago...unfortunately I didn't get to give it to him in person, but he loved it =)

Shoes

Had to post a picture of my awesome new shoes...The other day mom and I shopped till we dropped and this was one of many awesome deals I scored. Not only is my favorite color blue, but I've been wanting some casual shoes other than flip flops since my toes have been freezing. Later on I found out that they're also made out of hemp and bamboo and recycled products...pretty sweet, huh?!

Union meeting

So these are the young kids that are closest too us...almost two hours away =/ They live in Blythe California were we go to union sunday so unfortunately we don't get to see them too often. But this picture was from last union meeting...it was really bright out hence the reason we're all squinting. I really miss being around young professing kids, but glad we have Britney, Ciara, and Dustin...We use to see Alyssa more often too before she moved, but she is now engaged and I'm very happy for them! Excited for their wedding next month!

Random

I don't have anything terribly exciting to write about, but since I haven't written anything lately I'll give a few random new minor things:
-I'm almost done with the last book from the Twilight series and have loved reading them...I'm definitely not normally into anything sci-fi-ish, but loved these books
-I'm still working on my weight...nothing too exciting has happened though, but I'll be sure to write about it when it does...the last 15 pounds go sooo sloooooow - ugh! I'm still making progress though
-I finished my online classes...with A's!
-I have a new found love of kiwi...I've always liked it, but recently it has been tasting REALLY good
-I'm so excited for Blake&Tammie!
-I'm happy for Landon&Alyssa too...excited to go to their wedding next month and of course see Pete&Deena
-I'm also very excited to see all my family next month!
-I'm pretty sure I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have such a sweet guy =]
-I need to clean my disasterous room!

Texas trip/updates

I'm a bit late on updating my blog, but things have been so busy lately! I'll start with Texas: words can't suffice, but it was amazing! SO much fun...we did so many things...It was really great to be able to hug and kiss Austin every day and spend a lot of time together as well as getting to know the rest of the family more! We started off by making stockings...Zoe sewed mittens for the girls and stockings for the boys...then we went to Joann's and all got our own decorating supplies and decorated our stockings...everybody had such good ideas and were super creative. Christmas eve we opened stocking stuffers with a fire going...it was so cozy! Then on Christmas we had a fabulous dinner and opened Christmas gifts...for gifts we exchanged names which made it simpler and a little more financially friendly. In the days following we we did a lot of really fun activities...we played wii, guitar hero, played quite a bit of sports at the park - tennis, baseball, football, ultimate Frisbee etc., went ice-skating, went bowling, made quite a few starbucks trips in between everything, went shopping a few different times, went paint balling, went to six flags, ate LOTS of yummy food, and went to the Stockyards in Fort worth...the stockyards had some really neat shops and bars and different activities and historical type stuff...it was also very country-ish. Those were some of the main things we did and I could go into great detail about each experience, but that would take a realllly long while...everything we did though was so much fun - and of course the people you do it with makes it even better =) Overall I had an amazing and wonderful time...I felt very spoiled and lucky! As for my weight and being on vacation I didn't do too bad...YES we had a lot of really good, heavy food, but we were super active which made up for it...being back home has been hard to be good because I've been so busy and don't have a regular good routine going yet...I'm working at it...and I think once things get settled down more I'll be able to do better. My grandparents are here and our old neighbors - Randy, Evie and Mickey Hansen are here, plus i'm doing regular school and online school and I've had a nasty cold...thankfully I think it's getting better! I have lots to do though on my to do list...One of these days maybe things will slow down and I'll make some progress...maybe even get a good nights sleep! Austin and I made some new years resolutions also and one of the deals we made was to both exercise everyday...I did start doing that when we got back but then I got a bad cold which kept me from hitting the gym...soon though! And Austin has been sticking to everything he said he was going to do some I'm really proud of him! Anyways given that updating my blog was on my to do list, it probably isn't as productive as some other things I could be doing so I should stop...but thats pretty much whats going on with me right now!

Holidays/Texas trip pictures

So I figured I would do one entry of photos and one entry of writing about my trip...but i'm going to have to do the writing one tomorrow because it is really late and I have to get up early...I haven't gotten a good nights sleep in a long time...thats on my list of things to do =) Anyways here are some photos...I tried to not put tons on here but its hard to pick and choose

This neat little bar we went into that had cowboy hats all over the walls and ceilings

These were alan jacksons huge handprints! We went to this place called Billy bobs at the stockyards in fortworth...it is a big bar/club/restaurant/performance hall/entertainment place...I don't know how to describe it but it was very western like...a very famous spot for famous country singers to perform...and they had tons of famous handprints...

Hootie and The blow fish

Dance floor at Billy bobs

New years

hilarious moment when Austin started laughing uncontrollably until he was crying

we all had lovely matching crowns

at six flags

so awesome! I'm a thrill ride fanatic!

We went paintballing!!! Soooo it was fun to experience and an adrenaline rush, but i'm pretty positive the guys enjoyed it more thoroughly, ha! Personally though, I wouldn't pay that kind of money to be left with a bunch of welts =] It was a first time thing...probably a last time thing too

We all went ice skating which was great! Austin and Evan skated backwards circles around us, but thats ok =) Above is Bruce and Zoe skating

Brianna and I

Family picture at the rink

Evan playing guitar hero...quite the rocker

This was us playing wii...which we all played quite a bit of...it was a lot of fun...very entertaining.

Austin being silly :)

opening gifts

All of our stockings hanging up...from left to right: Bruce, Zoe, Evan, Brianna, Austin, me, and Narque

Zoe sewed all of our stockings...stockings for the guys, mittens for the girls. Then we all decorated ours which was lots of fun...I was blown away by the creativity and ideas everybody had.

The limes needed some softening so the guys gladly obliged...by using them as juggling utensils, hackey sacks, baseballs etc.

Squeezing limes

For awhile I asked Austin if I could cut his hair and he always said yes pretty easily...well I never thought he would actually let me but that wasn't the case so with the experience of cutting my dogs hair a time or two I went at it...and after a very long time and a little guidance I was pretty impressed with myself =)