Boating Again!

We planned our 3rd Annual Boating Trip with some old singles ward members.... And we had 11 of us all on Brother Linton's boat at Jordenelle!  It was beautiful and VERY fun to be with some old friends and their significant others.  I just LOVE being out on the lake!  And actually having some "friends" is nice, basically we haven't really found new or too many married friends, so it's nice to meet up with friends from the past.  They're so fun and great!  We all were able to take time to ski or wakeboard and then tube.  And since I've been able to wakeboard a few times this year - I got in and out of the wake this time!!  If only I had been a few more times, I could have jumped it maybe but I wasn't jumping too high this time.  But I was still pretty proud!  And, David totally got up on the wakeboard this time!!  It didn't happen the last 2 years but this time it was success!  Saying 2 years sounds like he's tried a lot but we don't go out that often, especially in snow country here...  I was totally excited that I missed the best pictures, but I still got a couple.  It was nice and sunny and warm even in this cool lake.  Dale Linton was just AWESOME!  He takes us every year and then always busts out the tubes and tries to through us all off eventually :)  He did pretty well, except he was nice to me.  David & Eric C. went out together and I went with Melissa and later Shayla and we screamed the whole time.  We drove to Bro. Linton's house early that morning and helped him get the boat ready and then he drove 4 of us to the lake with him.  So we had a great time chatting too and since he's a dentist we were able to catch up about that too.  David's been shadowing him and has taken him to dental classes, etc too.


All in all a great time out on the lake!!!  Not ready to wait another year to visit the lake :(

 She's so stinkin cute!

Me...

 David... sweet!!

 Eric being silly...

 I think this one is Shayla and Julie-Ann, Bro. Linton couldn't get JA off!

 My boy and his friend, David & Eric

 Shayla & I...

 All of us :)

Best Friends

In high school I had 2 best friends. SPRING & LEXIE. We were basically connected at the hip. I remember several late nights/mornings when we'd stay up chatting - we'd always talk about boys, dating, future marriages, children, etc etc. You know.. girl stuf...

One particular night I remember us parked in one of our cars, sitting outside our house. The two in the front had their chairs reclined both staring at the car ceiling. And the one in the back laying down as well. We all were just throwing thoughts out there as to when we'd like to get married, how many kids... I remember telling them that I wanted to get married 1st so that I could then go to both of their weddings. They came back saying that wasn't fair and they also wanted that. We put in guesses as to who would be married first and who would have boys, girls, and what types of mom's we would be. I don't think I realized that those days would actually come to pass sooner than we thought. We probably had this conversation in 2001 or 2002.

May 2003 - SPRING was #1. She got married to Corey when still a teenager :) And now they have 4 cute kids!! Lexie and I were her bridesmaides (so were her sisters in different outfits). We wore our yellow dresses and greeted everyone at the reception and asked to take their picture...wow. That was a fun memory!

January 2004 - LEXIE was up next... She married Rob after a short dating spell as well... And now has 3 darling boys that bounce off the walls in their NJ home... seriously! Spring was prego at Lexie's wedding, and she had her wedding close to Christmas so we'd be in AZ, not UT for the holidays. I was a bridesmaid in black and red and got her bouqeut (couldn't find the place!) and danced at the reception etc etc.

......... 6 years pass .......... am I going to get married? I'm the last one for sure, but the good thing is that the way we had thought about it was that the last person could have all 3 of us in the sealing room together while the 1st only had themself... Looking at the positive.

Febuary 2010 - I tied the knot too finally! I married David and how awesome was it to have SPRING and LEXIE both be able to fly to UT from NJ or AZ, leave their families, and spend a few days with me before the wedding??? Totally amazing! I think I was pretty caught up in "I'm getting married" and wedding details, but looking back now - that wasn't even something I would have imagined! So, we went to all of each other's weddings! Sweet!

Wednesday before the wedding, Lexie flew in and I picked her up, showed her around, took her on errands - and that evening my Mom & Steph took us to do peticures, dinner and embarrass me with "bride to be" outfits :). Spring flew in on Thursday and we went to Chik-fil-A and ate, looked for a shirt for me, got new lipstick....They ironed my dress, and helped me pack... I had them at my home those 2 nights... a little crazy to get sleep, but it was fun (my downstairs neighbors hated us for being so loud!). I still just can't imagine how amazing it was that my 2 high school buddies with husbands and 3-4 kids each left it all and flew out to see me. They're just GREAT! I remember in high school our parents would say, "friends will come and go" and I remember us 3 saying, no - we're different! And so far I love that we've stayed in touch and that our wedding dreams have come true so far. Thanks girls, you're the best!!!!

Shower Shower Shower...

No, I'm not talking about "baths" here... But I had 3 AMAZING briadal showers in January all thrown by some amazing family/friends. Actually the 3 were all within a week! Crazy week...

#1 - Utah Shower - thrown by Steph & Jan at Uncle Richard & Jan's place... JAN 16th. We had a little "family" get together before the open house began so that my family could mingle with David's family. There were many relatives on mom's side that I hadn't seen for years so I think my family was happy to see them. Then the friends headed over too! That was the best for me since I hadn't seen some of my old roommates from P-town for awhile. Thank you everyone for coming! It was great to feel so loved and blessed to know all these wonderful ladies. David showed up after a bit too :) Had to bring him and show him off. Here are a few photos:
# 2 - So like 4 days later my two HR co-workers threw me a shower at WORK too! They decorated a conference room, picked up some good munchies and cupcakes etc, and we spent an hour with about 10 gals from the office just chatting about getting married, asking me the regular questions of how we met, etc, and then opening presents. Wow, for it being a work party, it was really awesome too! They were all so sweet and it was great to see all the kindness there too. Here are a couple pics:
#3 - AZ Shower - thrown by some good church friends the Toblers at Maren's house in Gilbert...JAN 23rd. Yep, the next weekend. I took David with me (remember I won't take vacations without him again..) and we flew to AZ for 40 hours basically. We did a whole heck of a lot for just that little of time. The main point of coming was the shower. We also were able to have a BBQ with Dad and Co. and also Ice Cream with David's family in Phoenix. So, the shower in AZ was absolutely perfect to me!!! It was so wonderful to see so many family friends from my growing-up years. Really, there were all these ladies that were in Young Women's with me, all my leaders, and just people who might have even helped raise and watch me when mom was at work etc. Even after 8 years of being gone in AZ, I felt such terrific love and support. All the girls in the family were able to come as well - thanks Bri, Beck and girls, Diane, mom, Amanda! And Spring came too! It was great to see her and have some good laughs :). The ladies also made me a tied quilt while we were having the shower. That's been a tradition for years, and it's great that I have this beautiful blanket now... David came for the 2nd half to this one too - and all the ladies oouued and awwed over him. It was fun to tell our story together of our life together so far. Here are some photos from that day:
Thanks everyone for making my bridal shower experience so great!!!

Dating Races

For those of you who have LOTS of time on your hands... this blog is AWESOME!! (even if you don't have lots of time like me!)
http://thedatingrace.blogspot.com/
My amazing friends are having a race to see how many dates they can rack up over the month of January - and taking pics - and posting about the date - then we all get to vote on who they should go out on a second date with at the end.... Well, I'm pretty impressed by all they are doing and going through. I only read a bit, and hear a bit more from Shayla (she's doing our flowers - whoopie!!!). We actually went on a quadruple date with Shayla and a date and Eric and a date last week and it was crazy to see that they Shayla had been on 4 dates that day. Oh my gosh! But really, I think I could have almost done the race if I had a good friend doing it with me - and also if i didn't already just find my man :) :)

BOO!!!

Halloween weekend was one of the BEST weekends!!! Really. Maybe I can't even explain it, but I had a lot of fun and spent time with those I love and care about, so how couldn't it be good?

First, at work on Friday the 3oth, we had our HAlloWeEn Party.... We've been planning it for about a month with a few co-workers who wanted to help. I had been excited about this party and planning it - but after the first meeting - I had other thoughts... You see, here at my work we have the kids come in to do trick-or-treating and movies, popcorn, etc. At any job I've ever been at - employees pay for these extra parties on their own. Everyone brings food, costumes, candy etc and we party together. BUT no, here there's some "entitlement" that our employees think they should be getting everything for free - and they'll still probably complain. (Yes, they did...) Anyway, so we had to be creative and think of ways to have a party with a smaller budget. This created a lot of disagreements in our meetings and many who were bitter to plan the party knowing the employees had this entitlement feeling. Well, finally the meetings are over and the party was successful enough for me!! The good part was that my 2 other co-workers and I decided to be the "Hocus Pocus" witches. We didn't turn out like them after all we did, but it was fun. We even decorated our own hats and everything! Aren't we cute?? Pretty dang hot.These are our execs.... David came to the party - which was great to have a friend there. We played Foosball - I lost of course...but I loved it. (one of my favorite games). We left the party while it was still going (which meant I cleaned it up on Monday...hopefully no one cared too much) and David and I headed to SLC to help his mom with a school carnival. It was great because we both were volunteers but I spent the whole time with David, so I was happy. There were 100's of kids and we were running candy to every station. I was pretty partied out afterwards. BUT, we headed to an Institute Dance to donate some left over corn dogs and then dance a bit.

Saturday was actually Halloween, but I didn't dress up again. Sadly... I was done with the hat. I think I need to think about stuff I'll be wearing all day and be more practical. Next year - jeans???!! :) We went to a ward party and then dragged my friends with us to another Institute Dance (at the U...yikes...). Look how cute they are!!! Shayla is BOO - I loved it. I love that movie!!! She went to the dance like that and I danced with Mike Wizowski... Worn out again, but then we all went and watched Edward Scizzorhands...
Okay I know that was a bit in-depth, but the weekend was just good and even Sunday was great too...and all this week basically. It's been wonderful. I can't believe it's November now. Christmas is well on it's way - although I'm not allowed to listen to Christmas music yet. Which is okay I guess. It's been warmer this week (since last week it was SNOWING...days before Halloween) and I'm happy. Next week - probably snow again. And then... Christmas music... right? Totally...



Oh, PS - this was me last year... Without the wig though... I gotta get rid of wig/hat costumes...