Nieces and Nephews

Thomas and I have seriously the cutest nieces and nephews. 

Here's Josie! She is Thomas' brother James' little girl. So cute. I love her pretty eyes. I babysat her the other night for a little bit. We had fun playing =] 

Jamison!! Cutest little round face I've ever seen. 

Emery loves to strike a pose. 

Paige on her 2nd birthday! 

This little munchkin is always up to something! 

Here is Jett. He was born 4 days before Thomas and I got married. He is such a sweet little baby. 

Landon and Elliot are very hard to take pictures of haha. They love to run around and play!! 

Jamison loves to listen to Grandpa play the guitar!

My Ian boy!! 

Yeah ASU! 

Haha this one and the one below are from Christmas when we did the nativity with the kids. Landon and Elliot were shepherds. I love Landon's super cheesy smile!

Honeymoon

We went to California for our honeymoon! We had such a great time. We definitely did not want it to end! We went to Disneyland, California Adventure, Hollywood, and the beach. Our favorite parts were: Disneyland, eating yummy food, being lazy, driving around and being in traffic for forever (ok that one's a joke haha that was the worst part!), and eating more glorious food. Here are some pics from the trip! 

We were waiting outside our hotel for the shuttle to come to take us to Disneyland. Yay! we were stoked! Oh and by the way... we stayed at a Hilton about 2 miles from Disneyland and we got it on priceline for $55 a night. Such a good deal! 

The castle! This was the morning when hardly anyone was there yet so no one was in the background of the picture... yay =] 

Cute little ducks!!

California Adventure!! This was Thomas' first time there. I'm sad Cars Land wasn't opened yet when we went.... I guess we'll have to go back soon =] 

Always gotta get a picture in front of the Mickey Mouse 

We love Splash Mountain! 

haha yesss one of my favorite pictures 

Anybody know where this is?? It's at Innoventions in Disneyland =] Thomas was happy to find a piano at Disneyland! PS that place is so cool... we definitely had a fun time in there. 

Being silly waiting for World of Color to start! That show is magical. For reals. Definitely a great experience. 

Hollywood! We didn't really take any pictures in Hollywood.... it wasn't even that cool. There was just weird people all around and dressed up haha. It was fun, though. 

Cheesecake Factory! Here we are about to inhale this delicious slice of red velvet cheesecake. It is heaven on earth for reals. We are obsessed!  

Beach! We had fun digging holes....

And covering ourselves in sand haha  

More Disneyland pictures! We went for 2 days. 

Us with our "Just Married!" pins we got

This was definitely a great trip! I had so much fun with my cute husband. =] I can't wait to go back, hopefully sooner than later! 

Our Wedding

April 27th was a day I will never forget... Our wedding day =] It was perfect. I loved literally every second of that day. Nothing seemed to go wrong and I couldn't help but smile the entire day!


Let's start with the night before. I remember going to bed super super late because I was with Thomas of course. I knew I had to wake up the next morning at 7 to get my hair done, but of course I'm not going to go to bed early. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep anyways! I remember waking up off and on the whole night. It was seriously the longest night of my life. Knowing that the next night I would be sleeping next to my husband made me so excited. I couldn't wait =]
I woke up super early and watched The Office on my laptop in bed for like 2 hours haha. It was so cute because I remember getting a text from Thomas really early that morning saying he couldn't sleep at all that night because he was so excited. My cousin, Kim Willis, came over that morning to do my hair. It was such a weird feeling knowing that in a couple hours I was going to be a married woman! Crazy stuff! I was so stoked. I got in my wedding dress and my mom drove me and Thomas to the temple! Our sealing was going to be at 11:15 =]


The sealing was so great. I didn't know what to expect because I didn't know how weddings went in the temple, but it was perfect. Our family and a few friends were there. I'm so grateful for all who were able to come and share this special experience with us. Kneeling and looking at Thomas across the alter was an amazing thing. I seriously couldn't stop smiling the whole time! (Oh and later I was told that I kept moving my feet haha. I swear I can never sit still... I'm always moving).

Coming out of the temple was fun!! We had to wait a few minutes because there was another bride and groom who were out there taking pictures. Busy day for weddings! When we walked out, everyone who was at the sealing and a few more people were there to see us. We took pictures with everyone and then left to go to our luncheon!


Our luncheon was at Mi Amigo's. It was so yummy but I remember I didn't hardly eat anything because I just kept thinking how crazy it was that I was officially married to Thomas. Like really...? Did that just happen?? Haha I felt like it was a dream. A really good dream. I'm glad it was real! The luncheon was great. Our parents bragged about us and then Thomas and I shared the story of how we met.


Our reception was that night, and it was at Nanette Brinton's house, my good friend Heidi's mom. Heidi's reception was there as well, and I remember loving it and thinking that I wanted my reception there. Nanette emailed my mom after Thomas and I got engaged and offered her backyard for our reception. I was so happy about that. The reception was great! I loved it and had a lot of fun. We had super amazingly delicious food- pork sandwiches, macaroni salad, beans, crackers and cream cheese dip, and cake. We did the line for an hour and then did dancing after that. Thomas and I surprised everyone by starting out with a slow song (one of Courtney Cotter's songs) and then busted out into a dance we choreographed. Haha it was the greatest thing ever! I'm so glad we did it- it was so fun!!

We left after the reception to an awesome hotel in Tempe called The Buttes! =]


We have now been married almost 2 months! Yay!