Brittany's Wedding - June 20, 2008

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

My sister Brittany got married June 20th to a great guy - Mark Christy. They had their wedding ceremony and reception in their back yard in Eagle Point, OR. We had fun getting everything cleaned up and ready for the big celebration. It turned out really cute and was a very nice evening. Brittany looked beautiful like usual. Congrats Brittany and Mark!! Take good care of each other!!

Here are some shots from the wedding:

The Sisters - Bridesmaids Ü

Brittany with her Sisters and Kids -

Kathryn, Stephanie, Me, Jared, Camille, and Victoria

Me helping out with decorating - I am so happy and helpful!!

Auntie Brookie and Auntie Stephee with the Twins - Victoria and Camille

Anniversary #1 - June 22, 2008

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Jake and I have been married for a year now. It has gone by pretty fast actually ... well at least for me. Jake might have his own opinion, but let's just pretend he agrees. I have loved being married to Jake. He has been such a great husband and friend to me. If any of you know him, you know that he is a goof ball the majority of the time and living with him 24-7 is hilarious. So Honey - thanks for being you and making me the happiest girl ever. I love you very much.

For our Anniversary - we spent the day and night in Ashland, OR. We stayed at a beautiful hotel called Ashland Plaza Inn. The bath tub was my favorite part. It was HUGE!! I need one installed in my apartment. We got a couple's massage and steam shower at the Blue Giraffe Spa. The massages were awesome - just what we needed to relax and enjoy our special day. Jake is in love with the steam shower. He didn't want to get out of it and swears someday when we're rich that he'll have one of those installed also. We'll add that to our wish list Ü

The HUGE tub!!!

We walked around Lithia Park and had dinner at some steak joint. Here are some shots in Lithia Park.

Jake got me a beautiful bracelet (with the help of his mother - thanks Michele). I got Jake a new motorcycle helmet. I think he liked it - I mean he wore the thing around most of the evening ... I was surprised he didn't sleep in it. Here are pictures of our 1st Anniversary gifts.

Blog Update

~Hi Family & Friends~

I have been slacking with blogging lately. Maybe it will be easier once we have kids - perhaps more exciting stuff to blog about - who knows! Jake and I aren't too interesting at the moment. I am going to try to play catch up over the next few days ... so be on the look out. I have finally downloaded some pictures from our Oregon vacation. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer!! Talk to you soon!!

Destiny and Nate's Wedding Weekend

Thursday, May 08, 2008

One of my best friends - Destiny got married this past weekend to a wonderful guy Nate in the Medford Oregon Temple on May 3rd. It was so fun to go back to Grants Pass and be there for their special day. I flew out to Oregon on Wednesday night with the flu. It was horrible, but my loving husband booked me a hotel room so I wouldn't get my sister and her kids sick since I was supposed to stay with them that night. I felt much better the next day thank goodness. Grants Pass is so beautiful ... or I should say Oregon is. It's just so green! The weather was awesome that weekend too so that helped out.

Friday morning Jodee made me go running with her. It's the first time I ran since the 1/2 marathon. It was fun to run our old route we used to do years ago. I did lunges like I used to right after the run ... stupid ... I was so sore the next couple days. After our run ... Destiny, Jodee, Amy and I went to breakfast. Here's a couple shots from that yummy breakfast.

Jake flew out on Thursday night - so glad he came for it. It was a crazy trip but I think he had fun. He got to see an old mission buddy - Brian - so that was fun for him. Here's a picture of them at the temple having a good time :) Brian is married to Shalyse who was one of my college roommates. She was so fun to live with. Here's a picture of her with her new baby Lulu. So cute!!

The best part of going home and having weddings is you get to see so many people. Destiny and Nate's temple ceremony and reception was a lot of fun because it was like a reunion. Here are some shots from outside the temple.

Here is my one of my wonderful mother and sister Steph. Mom ... I miss you already so much!

Me with some of my best friends: Jodee, Kylee, and Amy.

Beautiful inside and out!!

My hubby and Me - I am one lucky lady!!

The beautiful bride Destiny and me at her reception.

Kylee and Me at Destiny's reception. Kylee with her new hair cut. It is so cute!!

Okay so I need to wrap up this post because it's taken me forever to do. I need to get better at this - you think it would be easy since I work in computers. I guess I need to do some research and get some creative stuff going on so it will be all cute and whatnot.

1/2 Marathon - WE DID IT!!!

Monday, April 21, 2008

On Saturday, April 19th - Jake, Debbie (my sister-in-law) and I ran the Salt Lake City 1/2 Marathon (13.1 miles). Jake and I did fine until about mile 10 and then we didn't know if we were going to be able to make it. But we pushed through and crossed the finish line at 2 hours and 30 minutes. It was a little less than that because it took us a few minutes to even get to the start line, but we weren't there for time ... we just wanted to finish the race. They said there were about 13,000 people that participated in all the events that day. I am just glad that it's over and so glad that Jake did it with me. Everyone is asking us to do it with them next year or to run some other event with them ... all I can say is don't ask us for at least a couple months :) Ha ha. Jake's parents and our sister-in-law Hayley from Logan were there to cheer us on and so was my sister Brittany and her fiance Mark from Oregon. Brittany and Mark were supposed to run the race, but Britt got sick about a month ago and couldn't train so they still came out and played with us. We introduced them to Rock Band and now they are addicted. It was so fun to get to see them.

Meeting Destiny's Man

Destiny and Nate (her fiance) came out for Scooter's wedding in February. It was so fun to get to see my friend Destiny and catch up. We grew up together in Grants Pass and went to college together and have just been there for each other over the years. She is getting married to Nate on May 3rd and I am so happy I got a chance to meet him before the big event. It's hard when someone you know so well is marrying someone you have never met. But I totally approve. Nate is a great guy and they just go together. Here are some pictures from that weekend.

Christmas Time

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Happy Holidays!

I just wanted to post a few pictures of Jake and I's first Christmas being married. We decided to buy a small artificial tree this year. I need to learn how to decorate better ... but we're happy with it. Here is the tree!

These are some cute home-made ornaments my mother made me last Christmas ... they are so cute!! Thanks Mom!!

Turkey Day

We spent Thanksgiving up at Jake's grandma's house. Jake's grandfather ... Grandpa Brown unfortunately passed away on November 6th. It was a sad time, but I am so glad I had the opportunity to get to know him for the time I did. He was an amazing man and left a wonderful legacy behind. Grandma Brown put on a fabulous Turkey dinner and Jake and I stuffed ourselves. His grandma always has fun games and it's just a good time visiting with all the other relatives. Later that night we drove out to my brother's house to see my dad and other family members that were there visiting. It was a lot of fun to just talk and then start taking ridiculous pictures of each other.

I was trying to have a serious picture with Jake for our first Thanksgiving being married - but these are how they turned out.

And here is a cute one of Jake with Ava.

Jake's 30th Birthday

Jake turned 30 on November 5th ... finally catching up to me. I'll enjoy these few months when we're the same age. I had a birthday party for him at Red Robin and it was a blast. His family was there and tons of his friends came to celebrate. Good times!!

Our Wedding - June 22, 2007

Friday, October 12, 2007

~Jake and I got married on June 22, 2007~

It was a beautiful day! It was hot - 100 degrees - doing pictures outside was very enjoyable if you know what I mean :) We had so much fun that day just celebrating our marriage and being able to have our families and close friends be a part of it. We got married at the SLC Temple and it was a really wonderful ceremony. Our wedding dinner and reception was up at the Point Restaurant in the Huntsman's Cancer Institute. Everything went pretty well - except the manager of the Point was a jerk at the end, but we'll just let that go. The whole day went by way too fast and there were so many people we wish we could have spent more time visiting, but I am sure they understand. Here are some pictures from the our engagement shoot, bridal shoot, and wedding day shoot. ENJOY!! Thanks to everyone that was a part of the wedding. It really meant a lot to us to have you here with us.